Produktedetails

Art.Nr:

62184

Autor: / Künstler:

Parkinson, Norman - Terence Pepper

Titel:

Untertitel / Graf. Technik:

Fifty years of portraits and fashion

Schlagwort:

Photographie

Bindung / Bildgrösse:

Kart. m. OU.

Verlag:

Gordon Fraser

Ort:

London

Erscheinungsjahr:

1981

Buchdaten / Blattgrösse:

4°, 112 S., zahlr., teilw. farb. Abb.

Zustand:

Min. gebrauchsspurig, sonst gutes Exemplar.

Bemerkung:

Text engl. Vom Photographen auf Schmutztitelbl. signiert. - Norman Parkinson (1913 – 1990) Parkinson (birth name Ronald William Parkinson Smith) was born in London, and educated at Westminster School. He began his career in 1931 as an apprentice to the court photographers, Speaight and Sons Ltd. In 1934 he opened his own studio together with Norman Kibblewhite, in London's Piccadilly. From 1935 to 1940 he worked for Harper's Bazaar and Bystander magazines. During the Second World War he served as a reconnaissance photographer over France for the Royal Air Force. From 1945 to 1960 he was employed as a portrait and fashion photographer for Vogue. From 1960 to 1964 he was an Associate Contributing Editor of Queen magazine. In 1963 he moved to Tobago, although frequently returned to London, and from 1964 until his death he worked as a freelance photographer.