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The Art of Travel View 2, 1951— Limited Edition Print

Wenda Parkinson wears a grey gabardine dress by Dorville while at George Airfield in Nairobi, Kenya as part of a British Vogue shoot in May of 1951.  The model, who stands next to an Hermes aeroplane, would go on to marry photographer Norman Parkinson later the same year.

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  • Edition of 21
  • Stamped and authenticated by a representative of the Norman Parkinson archive
  • Archival Pigment
  • Unframed and shipped flat
Gelatin Silver Print

Before the advent of digital technology at the end of the twentieth century, the gelatin silver process had been the most commonly used method of making black and white prints since the 1890s. A negative image is transferred to light-sensitive paper that has four layers: a paper base, a white opaque coating of gelatin and barium sulfate that creates a smooth surface, the gelatin layer that holds the silver grains of the photographic image, and a protective gelatin overcoat. Properly exposed gelatin silver prints are quite stable if exhibited under controlled light conditions.

Until the 1970s, art photographers used this process almost exclusively to create high-quality black and white prints. Color photography was considered a commercial medium, not suited to serious artistic expression. Today, as fewer and fewer photographers are working in darkrooms, gelatin silver printing is quickly becoming an antiquated, historic process.

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Norman Parkinson

About the Artist

Norman Parkinson 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.

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