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Norman Parkinson's Death

Born (Birthday) April 21, 1913

Death Date February 15, 1990

Age of Death 76 years

Cause of Death N/A

Place of Death Singapore

Profession Photographer

The photographer Norman Parkinson died at the age of 76. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Considered the founder of modern fashion photography, he took glamorous portraits of royalty and celebrities in strange locales.

Starting out as a royal court photographer, he became a fashion photographer for Vogue and all the while developing his own style.

He took fashion photography out of the studio and into unusual locales – like his iconic photo of a young woman running breezily across Brooklyn Bridge.

He was born Ronald William Parkinson Smith in London, England.

David Bailey was another well-known British fashion photographer.

Quotes

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A photographer without a magazine behind him is like a farmer without fields.

Norman Parkinson
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The camera can be the most deadly weapon since the assassin’s bullet. Or it can be the lotion of the heart.

Norman Parkinson
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I like to make people look as good as they’d like to look, and with luck, a shade better.

Norman Parkinson