1913
Born April 21st Ronald William Parkinson Smith
1927 - 31
Educated at Westminster School London
1931 - 33
Apprenticed Speights & Son of Bond Street
1934
Sets up the Norman Parkinson studio with Norman Kibblewhite at One Dover Street, specialising in portraiture.
1935
First one-man exhibition including portraits of Vivien Leigh and Noel Coward. Recruited by Harper's Bazaar to take editorial photographs
1935 - 40
Monthly commissions for Harper's Bazaar as well as portraits and reportage work for The Bystander.
1937
Follows Edward Prince of Wales to depressed Welsh mining areas and takes a compassionate series of portraits of miners and their families.
1938
First colour photographs for Harper's Bazaar. Travels to New York to cover the World's Fair for The Bystander. Does covert work for the Air Ministry taking photographs for leaflets dropped over occupied Europe.
1942
Begins long association with British Vogue.
1947
Meets, photographs and marries Wenda Rogerson a promising young actress. Wenda goes on with Parkinson to produce his most famous images.
1949
Begins working for American Vogue. Photographs London Spring Collection on location near London Landmarks including the New Look at The National Gallery. Portrait series for British Vogue of artists, writers, intellectuals, theatre and musical personalities.
1950
Photographs Paris Collection for British and American Vogue. First visit to Jamaica. 1951 travels to South Africa for a special edition of Vogue and photographs Wenda posed high above Victoria Falls and riding on the back of an ostrich.
1953
March issue of Vogue features 12 page portfolio of all the leading British couturiers.
1956
Tours round India taking photographs of models Anne Gunning and Barbara Mullen.
1958
July Vogue features Italian trip with model Nena Von Schlebrugge, actress Uma Thurman's mother.
1960 - 64
Contract expires with Vogue and recruited as Associate Editor of Queen Magazine the most influential fashion and features magazine of the early 1960s.
1961 - 64
Continues work for queen with world - wide assignments featuring models Celia Hammond, Jean Shrimpton, Melaine Hampshire, Carmen, Pat Booth and Tania Mallett.
1963
Moves from Twickenham to Tobago to build a dream house high on the cliffs above the sea.
1964
Photographs the Beatles at a recording session at Abbey Road Studios. contract with Queen ends and returns to Conde Nast to work until the mid 70's on British and American Vogue as well as freelancing for life Magazine and others.
1966
Photographs Prince Philip on royal visit to Tobago
1967
Location work in Rome including sessions with Twiggy, Racquel Welch, Celia Hammond and Wenda Parkinson.
1968
Elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society
1969
First official photographs of Prince Charles at his investiture as Prince of Wales. Also Princess Anne on her horse in Windsor Great Park, and official portraits for her 19th birthday.
1971
Photographs Apollonia Van Ravenstein on Bird Island in the Seychelles. Official portraits of Princess Anne for her 21st birthday.
1972
Elizabeth Taylor at 40 wearing a wig to match her shitsu dog.
1973
Trips to the Algarve and Barbados. Official engagement and wedding portraits of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips.
1975
Official photographs for Queen Mothers 75th birthday. 7000 mile journey across Soviet Union with Jerry Hall as model.
1978
Quartet publishes his first book Sisters Under the Skin. Begins regular assignments for Hearst magazine Town & Country. Exhibition at the Photographers' Gallery, London
1980
Official photographs fro Queen Mother's 80th Birthday including the ‘Blue Trinity' portrait of the Queen, The Queen Mother & Princess Margaret.
1981
New Years honours list elevates Parks to Commander of the British Empire. Official photographs of Princess Margaret for her 50th Birthday. First major museum retrospective 50 Years of Fashion and Portraits held in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
1982
Lifetime achievement in photography award for contribution to American magazines by American Society of Magazine Photographers. Elizabeth Taylor at 50 for Life Magazine.
1983
First retrospective opens in New York at International Centre of Photography in New York.
1985
Notable Diamonds, Art Institute of Chicago (travelled to Atlanta, Palm Beach, Detroit, Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver, New York, San Francisco and Houston, 1985-86
1990
Norman Parkinson dies while on assignment in Singapore
2004
National Portrait Gallery, London (touring the UK)
Staley Wise, New York
Hamiltons Gallery, London
2006
Norman Parkinson- Scene and Unseen, Special Exhibition, ArtLondon October
Sking - Group Exhibition organised by Birgit Filzmaier, Zurich, Switzerland Winter 2007
2007
Norman Parkinson - Retrospective, organised by the Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, March - April
Norman Parkinson/Philip Treacy, Eleven Fine Arts, London July - September
Muses, Mothers, Models - Group exhibition organised by Bernheimer Fine Old Masters, Munich, Germany June - August 2007
In a career that spanned seven decades, Norman Parkinson dazzled the world with his sparkling inventiveness as a fashion photographer. His long association with Vogue, and his numerous assignments for Harper's Bazaar, Town & Country and other international magazines, brought him worldwide recognition. His impulsive and unstructured style changed forever the static, posed approach to fashion photography, while his enchanting, idiosyncratic persona charmed his sitters and projected an alluring and glamorous public image. Standing at 6 feet 5 inches tall, Parkinson was unable to remain unobtrusive behind the lens and instead created ‘Parks', the moustachioed, ostentatiously elegant fashion photographer - as much a personality as those who sat for him, and frequently more flamboyant. His flawless professionalism, manners and well-rehearsed eccentricities reassured the uneasy sitter and disarmed the experienced.
Parks reinvented himself for each decade of his career, from his groundbreaking spontaneous images of the 1930s, through the war years and the Swinging Sixties to the exotic locations of the 1970s and 1980s. By the end of his life (he died on location in 1990) he had become a household name, the recipient of a CBE, a photographer to the royal family, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, and the subject of a large scale retrospective at the National Portrait Gallery, London. This impression and timely book examines an unrivalled twentieth-century photographic portfolio. Parkinson was in incisive portraitist and photographed many of the greatest icons of the twentieth century as well as some of the world's most beautiful women. Included here are his incomparable fashion portraits of Iman, Jerry Hall, Audrey Hepburn and Ava Gardner among many others. Shining through his work is Park's inimitable wit and style, and his unique eye for glamour and beauty.
Le 25 mai prochain, venez découvrir la vente organisée par Viviane Esders Photographie : « Photographie Moderne et Contemporaine »
© Gérard Rancinan "«Batman family girls», 2011 (estimation 35 000-45 000 €)
Hôtel Drouot - Paris - Salle 6 - 14h
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© Berenice Abbott, New York by night, 1932 (estimation 15 000-25 000 €)
Expositions publiques
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Christie’s a l’honneur d’annoncer la vente, le 14 novembre 2013, de photographies provenant de la collection personnelle d’Agathe Gaillard. Cet ensemble de 169 tirages est le fruit de rencontres et de coups de cœur de celle qui ouvrit la première galerie d’art parisienne consacrée à la photographie, rue du Pont Louis Philippe. De son ouverture à l’été 1975, jusqu’à sa fermeture en 2013, la galerie Agathe Gaillard aura organisé 250 expositions, consacrées à des créateurs aussi essentiels qu’André Kertesz ou Manuel Alvarez Bravo, accueilli des monstres sacrés comme Henri Cartier-Bresson et aidé à l’éclosion de jeunes talents comme Hervé Guibert ou Bernard Faucon. Elle a également accompagné l’incroyable éclosion de ...
Bonhams' London Photographs department will hold its inaugural auction on 20th May, at 2pm, at the New Bond Street galleries, offering a broad range of photographic imagery - from the 19th century to the present day - at a wide and accessible range of prices.
Highlights include:
- Thomas Struth's 'The Ma Family, 1996' (£12,000-18,000)
- 'Femme dans la Baignoire, 2003' from Elina Brotherus' The New Painting series (£7,000-9,000)
- A strong section of fashion imagery including works by Horst P. Horst, Norman Parkinson, Lillian Bassman and Terence Donovan
- A superb example from Josef Koudelka's Gypsy series (£5,000-7,000)
- A set of four Graffiti by Brassaï
- An excellent copy of George Hugnet's 'La Septième Face du Dé, 1936' (£10,000-15,000)
- A series of lots by Grac...
Press Release Photofairs - PHOTOFAIRS, international art fairs dedicated to photography, returns to the Shanghai Exhibition Center from September 9-11, 2016.
For its third edition PHOTOFAIRS | Shanghai is delighted to welcome its returning partners Mercedes - Benz (Leading Partner), American Express (VIP Partner) and Leica (Photo Partner) back to the fair, together with new partners for 2016: NET-A-PORTER (Vernissage Partner) and XITEK (Event Partner).
© Herbert List, Portofino, 1936, Courtesy of Magnum Photos, London, Paris
© Norman Parkinson, Audrey Hepburn, Courtesy of Augusta Edwards Fine Art, London, Norman Parkinson Ltd
PHOTOFAIRS | Shanghai is the most international art fair in mainland China and is leading the conversation around the collection of photography across the Asia ...
Let’s recollect some of the most memorable lip-locks of all time.
© Alexander Borodulin.
Is it the kiss from a handsome prince that would bring Sleeping Beauty back to life? Or the kiss of Judas? Or a so called “Eskimo kiss” with a tip of the nose? Perhaps, a fraternal embrace of comrade Brezhnev? Or all covered with gold The kiss by Gustav Klimt? Perhaps, you may recall a movie kiss? Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh’s in Gone With the Wind or the passionate and tragic embrace outside the trenches in Mikhail Kalatozov’s The Cranes Are Flying? What melodies come to your mind? “Besa me mucho” by Consuelo Velasquez or “Every step you take…” by The Police? A kiss is the most natural way of expressing sentiments of love and tenderness.
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Eleven Fine Art and the Norman Parkinson Archive are pleased to announce an exhibition celebrating Norman Parkinson’s influential contributions to fashion photography specifically through his work for Vogue. The exhibition has been organised to coincide with the National Portrait Gallery’s Vogue 100: A Century in Style (11th February to 22nd May 2016) where a number of Norman Parkinson’s works will be shown.
In a career that spanned over five decades, Norman Parkinson photographed for Vogue for most of this time. He worked consistently for British Vogue from 1941 to 1960, and after a stint at Queen, returned again in 1965 working with British Vogue through 1975. His long association with Vogue brought him worldwide recognition and he is now considered one of the twentieth century’s foremost fas...
This summer, Foam presents "Swinging Sixties London – Photography in the Capital of Cool". The thematic group show immerses visitors in the dazzling London of the sixties, an era bursting with possibilities. The presentation touches upon all of the remarkable developments in and around photography at the time: fashion, celebrities, music, magazines, design and social change. In the exhibition, Foam brings together the work of iconic photographers of the sixties – who in their heyday were often as famous as the stars in front of their cameras. Featuring work by Terence Donovan, Brian Duffy, John French, Norman Parkinson, John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins, James Barnor, John Cowan, Eric Swayne and Philip Townsend.
International Epicentre
In the mid-1960s, the capital of England stood for every...
On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at 6:30PM, the Fondazione Forma per la Fotografia, will present the opening of the exhibit Fashion. A century of extraordinary photography from the Condé Nast archives.
“We have to make Vogue into a Louvre.”
Edward Steichen to Edna Woodman Chase, 1920s
These words said by Steichen to the first editor in chief of Vogue aptly summarized the revolution started by Condé Nast, both in fashion as well as in photography more generally, when the publisher acquired the prestigious Vogue masthead in 1909. From then on, the story of fashion was no longer told exclusively in delicate nineteenth-century illustrations, but also by great international photographers with creative license. Edward Steichen was one of the first photographer to shoot for Vogue, accepti...
Since 2005, Bernheimer has run a regular program of photography exhibitions. Under the leadership of Blanca Bernheimer the gallery has steadily grown over the last six years and today it is known as one of the leading photography galleries in Germany.
© Lucien Clergue, Nu zébré, New York 1997, Artist Proof
The program of the varying exhibitions sets diverse priorities: firstly, the gallery shows selected "classic" black and white photography from the 20th Century and secondly it presents young artists which are exhibited continuously by regular shows and trade fair presence.
© Guido Mocafico, Walther PPK, 2006, 96 x 120 cm
The exhibition "In the seventh year itch" presents highlights of selected photographers, ...
Noorderlicht Photogallery pays a tribute to fashion photography in its summer exhibition FASHION – The Story of a Lifetime. The exhibition shows vintage work from celebrated international fashion photographers and provides a unique overview of haute couture in the 20th century.
Noorderlicht brings together work by celebrated names such as Lillian Bassman, F.C. Gundlach, Frank Horvat, William Klein, Sarah Moon, Norman Parkinson, Melvin Sokolsky and Albert Watson. Their iconic photos – spread over the decades – are both timeless and profoundly linked to their times. The photographers introduced a totally new form of fashion photography and at the same time made this into a lifestyle. For them, fashion was literally the “Story of a Lifetime”.
FASHION – The Story of a Lifetime s...
Gallery Camera Work in Berlin presents from September 20th until November 15th an exhibition of fashion photography of the 20th and 21st centuries. This group exhibition provides a representative overview of the development of fashion photography from its beginnings in the 1920s to the present time. With over 250 works of a total of 65 photographers - many of which are vintages - one can trace the different trends of fashion photography.
The spectrum of the photographs on display ranges from the sometimes classic compositions of an Edward Steichen to the experimental photographs of Man Ray, from the sexual revolution to the resulting emancipation of women as shown for example by Helmut Newton, from the cool elegance of the 1990s - influenced by Peter Lindbergh - to the highly imaginative works of a Tim Walker. On...
The international photographers in this exhibition undress the theatre of fashion and question the creation of perfect beauty. Fashion in the Mirror is an overview of their self-examination and a rare look behind-the-scenes of fashion photography from the 1950s to the present day.
Finding both comedy and poetry in the set-up of the studio, the exhibiting photographers turn their cameras on the processes and paraphernalia of the fashion shoot. Photographers become mirrored in their own work and, as viewpoints are inverted and gazes misdirected, cameras stare back out at us expectantly.
Revealing the fashion industry’s secrets and undermining its glamorous illusions, the photographers in this exhibition create work that exposes this world from within.
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Eric Franck Fine Art presents the inaugural opening of its new show room, The Parking Lot. Located in Bermondsey, southeast London, The Parking Lot is Eric Franck's first London showroom.
Devoted to fine art and photography, The Parking Lot will hold exhibitions throughout the year, commencing with a selection of the provocative images of fashion photographer Norman Parkinson. "Norman Parkinson: Fashion Inside and Out" will include some of the photographer's most compelling imagery.
Parkinson was active for over fifty years and was a major contributor to Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Queen, and Town and Country, amongst others. His extensive range of fashion imagery reaches from his early classical work during the 1930s, to his innovative photographic techniques and experimental images from ...