1. Norman Parkinson was an English portrait and fashion photographer.
14 Facts About Norman Parkinson
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Norman Parkinson's work revolutionised British fashion photography, as he moved his subjects out of the studio and used outdoor settings.
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Norman Parkinson became an official royal photographer in 1969, taking photographs for Princess Anne's 19th birthday and the Investiture portrait of Charles III as Prince of Wales.
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Norman Parkinson was known for using elements of humour in his photographs.
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Norman Parkinson was born in London, and educated at Westminster School.
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Norman Parkinson began his career in 1931 as an apprentice to the court photographers, Speaight and Sons Ltd.
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Norman Parkinson was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1981 New Year Honours.
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Norman Parkinson was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1978 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at Hamiltons Gallery in London's Mayfair.
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In 1990, Norman Parkinson collapsed with a brain hemorrhage while on a shooting assignment in Sabah, Malaysia for Town and Country Magazine.
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Norman Parkinson always maintained he was a craftsman and not an artist.
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Norman Parkinson's work, following the lead of Martin Munkacsi at Harper's Bazaar, revolutionized the world of British fashion photography in the mid-1930s by bringing his models from the rigid studio environment into a far more dynamic outdoor setting.
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Norman Parkinson received a Google Doodle on 21 April 2013, as well as a British postage stamp to mark the centenary of his birth.
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The stamp was based on a photograph of Norman Parkinson taken by Roger George Clark and a 1949 fashion photograph.
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Norman Parkinson was first married in 1935, in Hampstead to Margaret Mitchell-Banks who was an artist and illustrator who later married the writer Peter de Polnay.