Norman Parkinson: Portraits in Fashion - Softcover

Robin Muir

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9780956444868: Norman Parkinson: Portraits in Fashion

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0956444865 ISBN 13: 9780956444868

Publisher: Palazzo Editions, 2010

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From his first outdoor fashion shoot in 1935, Norman Parkinson s moving pictures taken with a still camera brought glamour and inventiveness to fashion photography. He set the New Look against the New York skyline, Quant dresses in swinging London, and Calvin Klein and Krizia in exotic locations from Tahiti to Tobago. If a girl looks like a model, she is not for my lens, said Parks . He wanted energy and individuality, and found it in top girls like Wenda, the willowy actress he married in 1947, Celia Hammond, Jerry Hall, Iman and Appollonia van Ravenstein. Parkinson s long association with Vogue, and his numerous assignments for Harper s Bazaar, Queen and other international magazines, brought him fame and recognition. In return he gave the fashion world ineffable style and unforgettable images.

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A fascinating study of Norman Parkinson's life and work. High quality photographs throughout. 192pp

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"More than any other photographer, he captured the charm, intelligence, and humor of great feminine beauty, qualities abundantly on display here. . . . Parkinson always insisted that he was a craftsman, not an artist, and he'd have dismissed the critic John Russell Taylor's assessment that he was Sargent's 'logical successor.' We shouldn't." "Atlantic Monthly""

"Fine reproduction of the photos and Muir's excellent essay add sturdy reinforcement." "Library Journal""

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