A new exhibition ‘The Age Of Innocence’ by British photographer Norman Parkinson, will go on display at Dimbola Lodge in April.
“Legendary British photographer Norman Parkinson (1913 – 1990), operated in a world of high fashion, but he was also drawn to the carefree innocence of children, capturing a lost era when childhood was an optimistic and untarnished experience.”
Alongside his passionate enthusiasm for Julia Margaret Cameron’s images of children portraying a romantic innocence, this inspired Parkinson’s own work in this genre.
In this particular collection of images, all relating one way or another to childhood, Parkinson combines the photojournalism techniques of Cartier Bresson and inspires to catch the moment hence ‘The Age Of Innocence’ Read more from source click here
Curated by Norman Parkinson archivist and his former assistant, Angela Williams , and text by the author Fay Weldon, this new exhibition of Parkinson’s images, offers a fresh insight into his development as an artist and his eclectic choice of subjects.
