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.
Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)
by Norman Parkinson
colour print on card mount, 1951
NPG x30090
Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson) and an unknown man
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1951
NPG x30087
Margot Fonteyn; Sir Robert Murray Helpmann
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1951
NPG x30080
Beatrice Gladys Lillie (Lady Peel)
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print, 1951
NPG x30027
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1951
NPG x30086
Ballerinas at the New York City Ballet (Diana Adams; Maria Tallchief; Tanaquil Leclercq)
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, May 1952
NPG x128544
George Balanchine; Lincoln Edward Kirstein
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print, 1952
NPG x136247
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1952
NPG x30039
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1952
NPG x30024
Deborah Vivien Cavendish (née Freeman-Mitford), Duchess of Devonshire
by Norman Parkinson
colour print, 1952
NPG x30081
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1952
NPG x30010
Jeremy Spencer; Carol Wolveridge in 'The Innocents'
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1952
NPG x30077
Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire; Lady Emma Tennant
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1952
NPG x30118
Josephine Robertson; Archie Campbell
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1952
NPG x30121
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, published June 1952
NPG x126950
by Norman Parkinson
chromogenic print, 1953
NPG x34522
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print from original negative, 1953
NPG x30015
Charles Creed with a fashion model
by Norman Parkinson
matte colour print on card mount, 1953
NPG x30058
June Clarke; Fiona (née Campbell-Walter), Baroness Thyssen; Sir Hardy Amies
by Norman Parkinson
matte colour print on card mount, 1953
NPG x30059
(Henry) Digby Morton with a fashion model
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1953
NPG x30055
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