Roy Schiffer Pinney (August 13, 1911 – August 9, 2010) was a professional photographer, herpetologist, writer, journalist, war correspondent and pilot. Pinney was the former president of the and the author of . He was also an ardent spelunker and the author of . Roy Pinney worked for the New York Daily News (Brooklyn Section, editor Jack Hoins) for 18 years working as photographer and writer, a familiar figure around New York City arriving on assignments on his 1928 Indian chief motorcycle. He later freelanced for Life, Look, Colliers, and Woman's Day and other magazines often going on his assignments in his World War II BT-13 plane. He was a founder and trustee of the ASMP. He was the photographer on more than seventy scientific trips. He was the producer of the American TV series "Secre