Norman Parkinson (1913-1990) was the Twentieth Century’s most celebrated fashion photographer. He pioneered epic storytelling in his images, taking portrait and fashion photography beyond the stiff formality of his predecessors and injecting an easy and casual elegance into the art. His photographs created the age of the supermodel and made him the photographer of choice for celebrities, artists, Presidents and Prime Ministers. He was a permanent fixture at historic moments photographing the British Royal Family, in private and public, as well as leading figures from the worlds of film, theatre, and music. Subjects include Audrey Hepburn, The Beatles, Twiggy, Grace Coddington, David Bowie, Iman, Jerry Hall and countless others.
Personalities by Norman Parkinson
231 images
![Alfredo Bouret](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AB001-234x300.jpg)
![Adam Faith](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ADF001-198x300.jpg)
![Adam Faith](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ADF002-300x199.jpg)
![Anita Ekberg](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AE001-300x300.jpg)
![Anita Ekberg](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AE002-300x300.jpg)
![Aretha Franklin](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AF001-300x292.jpg)
!['One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism'](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AF002-300x300.jpg)
![Aretha Franklin](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AF003-300x300.jpg)
![Aretha Franklin](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AF004-300x300.jpg)
![Aretha Franklin](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AF005-300x300.jpg)
![Ava Gardner](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AG001-296x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH001-239x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH002-235x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH003-234x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH004-300x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH005-300x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH006-300x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH007-296x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH008-298x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH009-241x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn, Italy](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH010-236x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn, Italy](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH011-240x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH012-300x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH013-300x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH014-300x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH015-300x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH017-300x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH018-300x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH019-300x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH020-300x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH021-300x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH022-300x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH023-300x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH024-300x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH026-300x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH028-300x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH030-300x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH031-300x300.jpg)
![Audrey Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AH032-300x300.jpg)
![Augustus John](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AJ001-236x300.jpg)
![Alfred Hitchcock](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ALH001-196x300.jpg)
![Alfred Hitchcock](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ALH002-193x300.jpg)
![Ambrose Congreve](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AMC001-300x300.jpg)
![Ambrose Congreve](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AMC002-300x300.jpg)
![Arianna Huffington](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ARH001-300x300.jpg)
![Arianna Huffington](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ARH002-297x300.jpg)
![Ariann Huffington](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ARH003-298x300.jpg)
![Audrey Withers](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AW001-240x300.jpg)
![Audrey Withers](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AW002-286x300.jpg)
![Audrey Withers](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AW003-283x300.jpg)
![Audrey Withers](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_AW004-283x300.jpg)
![Brooke Astor](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_BA001-291x300.jpg)
![Barbara Cartland](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_BC001-300x300.jpg)
![Barbara Cartland](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_BC002-300x300.jpg)
![Bunny Roger](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_BR001-235x300.jpg)
![Cecil and Marisa](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_CB001-300x300.jpg)
![Cecil Beaton](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_CB002-292x300.jpg)
![Claudia Cardinale](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_CC001-203x300.jpg)
![Carolina Herrera](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_CH001-297x300.jpg)
![Carolina Herrera](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_CH002-296x300.jpg)
![Charlotte Rampling](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_CHR001-300x300.jpg)
![Calvin Klein](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_CK001-300x202.jpg)
![Constant Lambert](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_CL001-200x300.jpg)
![Claire Bloom](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_CLB001-214x300.jpg)
![Cliff Richard](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_CR001-201x300.jpg)
![Daryl Hannah](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_DAH001-240x300.jpg)
![David Bowie](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_DB001-300x300.jpg)
![David Bowie](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_DB002-298x300.jpg)
![Dennis Brain](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_DEB001-300x237.jpg)
![David Hockney](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_DH001-300x300.jpg)
![Diana Napier](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_DN001-230x300.jpg)
![Dorothy Parker](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_DP001-200x300.jpg)
![Donald & Ivana Trump](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_DT001-300x199.jpg)
![Edward Bawden](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_EB001-300x227.jpg)
![Edwina d'Erlanger](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ED001-300x300.jpg)
![Edward James and Magritte Painting](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_EDJ001-300x217.jpg)
![Edward James](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_EDJ002-300x233.jpg)
![Hand shadows](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_EDJ003-300x225.jpg)
![Edward Fox](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_EF001-294x300.jpg)
![Elton John](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_EJ001-300x300.jpg)
![Elizabeth Frink](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ELF001-300x201.jpg)
![Enid Starkie](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ES001-222x300.jpg)
![Elizabeth Taylor](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ET001-225x300.jpg)
![Elizabeth Taylor](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ET002-300x300.jpg)
![Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ET003-300x300.jpg)
![Elizabeth Taylor](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ET006-300x201.jpg)
![Elizabeth Taylor](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ET007-300x300.jpg)
![Elizabeth Taylor](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ET011-300x300.jpg)
![Elizabeth Taylor](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ET013-200x300.jpg)
![Elizabeth Taylor](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ET014-300x300.jpg)
![Elizabeth Taylor](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ET015-300x200.jpg)
![Elizabeth Taylor](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ET016-298x300.jpg)
![Elizabeth Taylor](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ET018-300x300.jpg)
![Elizabeth Taylor](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ET019-298x300.jpg)
![Elizabeth Taylor](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ET021-300x300.jpg)
![Elizabeth Taylor](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ET022-300x300.jpg)
![Elizabeth Taylor](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ET023-240x300.jpg)
![Elizabeth Taylor](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ET026-295x300.jpg)
![Frederick Thurston](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_FT001-236x300.jpg)
![Grateful Dead](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_GD001-300x200.jpg)
![George Enescu](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_GE001-297x300.jpg)
![Gregory Peck](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_GP001-224x300.jpg)
![Ginger Rogers](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_GR001-300x300.jpg)
![Sir Hugh Casson](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_HC001-300x300.jpg)
![Hope Hatch](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_HH001-239x300.jpg)
![Fairy Brooklyn Bridge](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_HH002-240x300.jpg)
![Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_HTB001-300x300.jpg)
![Ian Fleming](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_IF001-199x300.jpg)
![Ian Fleming](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_IF002-199x300.jpg)
![Ian Fleming](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_IF003-216x300.jpg)
![Ian Fleming](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_IF006-245x300.jpg)
![Isabella Rossellini](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_IR001-300x300.jpg)
![Isabella Rossellini](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_IR002-300x300.jpg)
![Ivana Trump](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_IT001-296x300.jpg)
![Ivana Trump](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_IT002-210x300.jpg)
![Ivana Trump](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_IT003-297x300.jpg)
![Ivana Trump](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_IT004-298x300.jpg)
![Ivana Trump](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_IT005-297x300.jpg)
![Ivana Trump](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_IT006-293x300.jpg)
![Jane Clark](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_JAC001-291x300.jpg)
![Jane Birkin](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_JB001-295x300.jpg)
![Jeremy Clyde](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_JC001-227x300.jpg)
![John Gielgud](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_JG001-253x300.jpg)
![John Huston](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_JH001-257x300.jpg)
![John Piper](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_JP001-300x300.jpg)
![Jean Seberg](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_JS001-232x300.jpg)
![Katherine Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_KH001-298x300.jpg)
![Katherine Hepburn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_KH002-222x300.jpg)
![Koo Stark](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_KST001-300x200.jpg)
![Leonore Annenberg](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_LA001-294x300.jpg)
![Leslie Caron](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_LC001-300x300.jpg)
![Leslie Caron](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_LC002-300x300.jpg)
![Leslie Caron](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_LC003-300x300.jpg)
![Laurence Olivier](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_LO001-230x300.jpg)
![Lord Snowdon](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_LS001-300x202.jpg)
![Mark Birley](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_MAB001-298x300.jpg)
![Margaret Banks](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_MB001-230x300.jpg)
![Montgomery Cliff](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_MC001-298x300.jpg)
![Montgomery Cliff](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_MC002-242x300.jpg)
![Montgomery Cliff](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_MC003-240x300.jpg)
![Mary Drage](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_MD001-197x300.jpg)
![Margot Fonteyn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_MF001-203x300.jpg)
![Robert Helpmann & Margot Fonteyn](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_MF002-235x300.jpg)
![Martha Graham](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_MG001-236x300.jpg)
![Mary Jerrold](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_MJ001-239x300.jpg)
![Maxwell Knight](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_MK001-300x300.jpg)
![Maggie Smith](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_MS001-300x300.jpg)
![Margaret Thatcher](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_MT001-239x300.jpg)
![Margaret Thatcher](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_MT003-194x300.jpg)
![Margaret Thatcher](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_MT004-300x300.jpg)
![Noël Coward](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_NC001-232x300.jpg)
![Noël Coward](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_NC002-219x300.jpg)
![Noel Coward](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_NC003-213x300.jpg)
![Nabila Khashoggi](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_NK001-300x195.jpg)
![Nabila Khashoggi](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_NK002-300x300.jpg)
![Nigella Lawson](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_NL001-294x300.jpg)
![Niki de Saint Phalle](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_NSP001-300x300.jpg)
![Petula Clark](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_PC001-239x300.jpg)
![Paula Yates](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_PY001-300x300.jpg)
![Paula Yates](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_PY002-300x300.jpg)
![Paula Yates](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_PY003-300x300.jpg)
![Mr. & Ms. Duke](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_RCD001-300x204.jpg)
![Robin Chandler Duke](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_RCD002-300x300.jpg)
![Robert Frost](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_RF001-198x300.jpg)
![Sir Roy Strong and a Sculpture](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ROS001-300x300.jpg)
![Nancy and Ronald Reagan](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_RR001-199x300.jpg)
![The Rolling Stones](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_RS001-279x300.jpg)
![The Rolling Stones](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_RS002-242x300.jpg)
![The Rolling Stones](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_RS003-272x300.jpg)
![Ralph Vaughan Williams](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_RVW001-234x300.jpg)
![California fashion in a state of go](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_RW001-295x300.jpg)
![Senta Berger](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_SBE001-294x300.jpg)
![Baroness Sandra di Portanova](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_SDP001-295x300.jpg)
![Seamus Heaney](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_SH001-200x300.jpg)
![Seamus Heaney](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_SH002-200x300.jpg)
![Sam Wanamaker](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_SW001-300x300.jpg)
![The Beatles](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB001-300x200.jpg)
![The Beatles](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB002-300x199.jpg)
![The Beatles](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB003-300x200.jpg)
![The Beatles](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB004-300x200.jpg)
![The Beatles](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB006-300x200.jpg)
![Ringo Starr](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB007-191x300.jpg)
![Paul McCartney](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB008-199x300.jpg)
![The Beatles](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB009-300x199.jpg)
![The Beatles](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB010-300x200.jpg)
![The Beatles](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB011-300x196.jpg)
![Paul McCartney](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB018-198x300.jpg)
![Paul McCartney](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB019-200x300.jpg)
![John Lennon](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB022-200x300.jpg)
![Ringo Starr](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB024-186x300.jpg)
![Paul McCartney](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB026-195x300.jpg)
![John Lennon](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB028-198x300.jpg)
![John Lennon](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB029-300x200.jpg)
![Ringo Starr](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB030-300x196.jpg)
![Ringo Starr](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB032-300x199.jpg)
![Tea Break at Abbey Road Studios](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB033-300x196.jpg)
![Tea Break at Abbey Road Studios](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB035-200x300.jpg)
![Tea Break at Abbey Road Studios](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB036-300x194.jpg)
![Tea Break at Abbey Road Studios](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB037-300x200.jpg)
![The Beatles at Abbey Road Studios](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB040-300x200.jpg)
![John Lennon](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB042-196x300.jpg)
![The Beatles at Abbey Road Studios](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB050-194x300.jpg)
![The Beatles at Abbey Road Studios](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB052-300x195.jpg)
![Paul McCartney](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB055-200x300.jpg)
![Paul McCartney](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB062-184x300.jpg)
![George Harrison](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB063-300x200.jpg)
![The Beatles at Abbey Road Studios](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB064-300x194.jpg)
![John Lennon](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB068-200x300.jpg)
![Lennon & Starr](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB071-195x300.jpg)
![George Martin](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB077-300x199.jpg)
![George Harrison](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB078-196x300.jpg)
![The Beatles at Abbey Road Studios](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB082-188x300.jpg)
![Paul McCartney](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB083-197x300.jpg)
![George Harrison](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TB085-192x300.jpg)
![Tyrone Guthrie](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TG001-232x300.jpg)
![Tom and Miriam Stoppard](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TMS001-300x202.jpg)
![Terence Rattigan](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TR001-229x300.jpg)
![Terence Stamp](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TS001-300x300.jpg)
![The Sitwells](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TSI001-218x300.jpg)
![Thelma Woolley](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_TW001-238x300.jpg)
![Vanessa Redgrave](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_VG001-300x300.jpg)
![Vanessa Redgrave](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_VG002-199x300.jpg)
![Vivien Leigh](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_VL001-236x300.jpg)
![The Bystander](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_VL002-229x300.jpg)
![Vita Sackville-West](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_VSW001-300x250.jpg)
![Yehudi Menuhin](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_YM001-227x300.jpg)
![Yehudi Menuhin](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_YM002-300x300.jpg)
![Zandra Rhodes](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ZR001-296x300.jpg)
![Zandra Rhodes](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_ZR002-300x300.jpg)
![The Trumps](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_DT002-300x300.jpg)
![Ivana Trump](/app/uploads/2017/01/NP_PE_DT003-300x300.jpg)