Sunday, November 29, 2020

Montecchio Maggiore – Fondazione Bisazza - Norman Parkinson, Fashion Photography 1948-1968 – Exhibition

 

Fondazione Bisazza

Norman Parkinson, Fashion Photography 1948-1968

The retrospective retraces 20 years of fashion photography through the gaze of Norman Parkinson along with four other internationally celebrated photographers: Milton H. Greene, Terence Donovan, Terry O’Neill and Jerry Schatzberg.   Curated by Cristina Carrillo de Albornoz and organized by Fondazione Bisazza with Iconic Images, the show portrays not only the spirit of change sweeping the times - 1948-1968 - but also a new style of photography and a way of representing women, in fashion and portraits.

The two decades, 1948-1968, that forever changed the history of fashion, unfolded in two distinct phases: if the postwar period and the 1950s mark the rebirth of high fashion and the rise of master couturiers like Dior and Chanel, the fashions of the 1960s, influenced by social changes wrought by the new generations, make a clean break with the past and propel gifted, ground-breaking designers like Yves Saint Laurent and Mary Quant into the spotlight.

Norman Parkinson
Queen – August - 1960

https://normanparkinson.fondazionebisazza.it/en/exhibition/


 

British photographer Norman Parkinson - 1913-1990 - was one of the pioneers of 20th century fashion photography. Parks, as he was affectionately known, pushed beyond the traditional bounds of fashion photography in his work for some of the leading magazines – Harper’s BazaarQueen and Vogue. He photographed models outside the studio, in everyday settings, on streets, beaches and in exotic destinations, always injecting a strong dose of British humor into his work.

Norman Parkinson

Photograph - Terry O’Neill

 


Postwar Couture

Norman Parkinson - Vogue – 1951

 


 

Norman Parkinson - British Vogue – October – 1948

 

 

City Style

Norman Parkinson
Queen
– 1960 - Go – 1960 - American Vogue – 1957

 

 

Norman Parkinson – American Vogue – 1949

 


Norman Parkinson – British Vogue - 1957

 


Fifties Glamour

Milton H. Greene – Life – April – 1952

 

 

Milton H. Green – Life – 1952

 


Exceptional Gowns

Norman Parkinson – American Vogue – 1950
Norman Parkinson – American Vogue
– 1950

 


 

Norman Parkinson – Vogue – 1953

Designer Victor Stiebel with models Fiona Campbell-Walter and Margaret Phillips

 


Norman Parkinson – British Vogue – 1953

 


 The Art of Travel

 Norman Parkinson – South Africa 1956 – British Vogue – 1951

 


Norman Parkinson - British Vogue – November - 1956

 


Icons

Norman Parkinson – Cecil Beaton – 1972

 


Milton H. Greene – Marilyn Monroe – New York – 1954

 


 Swinging Sixties

Norman Parkinson – Queen – March – 1961

 


Terry O’Neill – Audrey Hepburn - Paris -1966
Terence Donovan – London
– August – 1959

 

 

Norman Parkinson – The Beatles – London – September – 1963

 


Rossella Bisazza and Manfredi Bellati

 

 

Fondazione Bisazza

Norman Parkinson, Fashion Photography 1948-1968