Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Norman Parkinson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English photographer Norman Parkinson.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Norman Parkinson

Norman Parkinson, was an English portrait and fashion photographer. His work revolutionised British fashion photography, as he moved the craft out of the studio and into outdoor settings. He became an official royal photographer in 1969, taking photographs for Princess Anne's 19th birthday and the Investiture portrait of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales. Many other royal portraits included official portraits of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother for her 75th birthday in 1975. He received many honours during his life including the Royal Photographic Society's Progress Medal, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Society of Magazine Photographers, a Google Doodle, and a British postage stamp.

I like to make people look as good as they'd like to look, and with luck, a shade better.
A photographer without a magazine behind him is like a farmer without fields.
The camera can be the most deadly weapon since the assassin's bullet. Or it can be the lotion of the heart. — © Norman Parkinson
The camera can be the most deadly weapon since the assassin's bullet. Or it can be the lotion of the heart.
I could never bear to be buried with people to whom I had not been introduced.
The only thing that gets in the way of a really good photograph, is the camera
I like there to be a joke in practically every photo I take. Nobody has the right to make photography boring.
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