Norman Parkinson
(1913-1990), PhotographerSitter in 14 portraits
Artist of 244 portraits
Parkinson started his career as an apprentice with photographers Speaight & Son, before opening his first studio at 1, Dover Street off Piccadilly. During the 1930s his work appeared in Harper's Bazaar and The Bystander. From 1941 Parkinson began a long association with Vogue, where, with his wife, actress Wenda Rogerson, he made some of his most enduring fashion images. From 1960-4, as Associate Editor of Queen magazine, he photographed the leading personalities of the 60s, including Jean Shrimpton, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones. In 1981, the same year he was awarded a CBE, the National Portrait Gallery staged Parkinson's first major retrospective. Parkinson has donated over 200 prints to the collection.
by Norman Parkinson
chlorobromide print, late 1930s
NPG P1664
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Norman Parkinson
colour print, 1980
NPG P199
Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret, 1980
by Norman Parkinson
colour print, 1980
NPG P198
Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret
by Norman Parkinson
colour print, 1980
NPG P200
Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret
by Norman Parkinson
chromogenic print, 1980
NPG P1607
Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Norman Parkinson
chromogenic print, 1980
NPG P1608
David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print, 1981
NPG P175
The daughters of William Bramwell Booth (Olive Emma Booth; Dora Booth; Catherine Bramwell-Booth)
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print, 1981
NPG P178
The daughters of William Bramwell Booth (Olive Emma Booth; Dora Booth; Catherine Bramwell-Booth)
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print colour print, 1981
NPG P179
Joint leaders of the Social Democratic Party
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print, 1981
NPG P180
Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1947
NPG x30067
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1947
NPG x30048
Anne Chambers (Owena Anne Chambers (née Newton)) ('Spring Hats in Bath')
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, published February 1948
NPG x126900
Anne Chambers (Owena Anne Chambers (née Newton)) ('Spring Hats in Bath')
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, published February 1948
NPG x126952
Victoria Mary ('Vita') Sackville-West
by Norman Parkinson
digital chromogenic print, 1949
NPG x200081
Anne Chambers (Owena Anne Chambers (née Newton))
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on cream card mount, March 1949
NPG x30068
Anne Chambers (Owena Anne Chambers (née Newton))
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on cream card mount, 1949
NPG x30069
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on cream card mount, 1949
NPG x30070
Barbara Goalen (later Campbell)
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on cream card mount, 1949
NPG x30071
Barbara Goalen (later Campbell); Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)
by Norman Parkinson
resin print, March 1949
NPG x30072
Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)
by Norman Parkinson
colour print on card mount, 1949
NPG x126411
by Norman Parkinson
colour print on card mount, 1949
NPG x30120
Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1949
NPG x30084
Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)
by Norman Parkinson
colour print on card mount, 1949
NPG x30093
Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print, early 1950s
NPG x26903
by Norman Parkinson
bromide fibre print on cream card mount, 1950
NPG x30088
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1950
NPG x30089
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1950
NPG x30004
Sir Isaiah Berlin; Lord David Cecil
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1950
NPG x30005
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1950
NPG x30007
Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)
by Norman Parkinson
colour print on card mount, 1950
NPG x30103
Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)
by Norman Parkinson
colour print on card mount, 1950
NPG x30095
Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)
by Norman Parkinson
colour print on card mount, 1950
NPG x30092
'Paris Drama' (Fashion model wearing a Balenciaga gown)
by Norman Parkinson
colour print on card mount, 1950
NPG x30099
Unknown sitter ('Time's Glass-Age of Experience')
by Norman Parkinson
colour print, 1950
NPG x30104
Régine Debrise wearing a Balenciaga ball gown
by Norman Parkinson
colour print on card mount, 1950
NPG x30094
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print, 1951
NPG x30079
Edward Bawden with four of his assistants
by Norman Parkinson
modern bromide print from original negative, 1951
NPG x30049
by Norman Parkinson
resin print from original negative, 1951
NPG x68922
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, November 1951
NPG x30065
Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)
by Norman Parkinson
vintage bromide print, 1951
NPG x30181
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1951
NPG x30025
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1951
NPG x30001
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1951
NPG x30002
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1951
NPG x30003
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1951
NPG x30006
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1951
NPG x30009
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1951
NPG x30011
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1951
NPG x30012
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