Last Saturday evening, I went to see the exhibition of pictures entitled “Pink is the navy blue of India”. It was about fashion photographs shot by the genius British photographer Norman Parkinson.
He began his career in the 30’s with a studio in London, specialized in portraitures, and then worked for the fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar. In the 40’s began a long association with the famous fashion magazine Vogue that gave him the opportunity to travel through India in 1956.
With two models, Anne Gunning and Barbara Mullen, Parkinson crossed India from Mahabalipuram in the south to Kashmir in the North. His main idea was to combine the western’s fashion with Indian style, but also to give a good overview of the country to the readers that didn’t travel a lot in those days.
If you look at his pictures, you can feel immediately the charm, colours and atmosphere of India, with its folklore. It’s peaceful, light, very romantic and impressive at the same time.
Above all, Parkinson knew how to spotlight the specific colours of India, especially pink. That’s why Diana Vreeland, the then editor of Harper’s Bazaar, one day proclaimed “How clever are you Mr. Parkinson also to know that pink is the navy blue of India”.
It meant that the basic navy blue of American cloths was the equivalent to the India’s pink, as functional and broadly spread as the American colour.
Exhibition schedule:
Delhi (Stainless Gallery) - 21 January - 31 January 2012
Bangalore - 24 February - 20 March 2012
Mumbai - 27 April - 05 May 2012
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| Photograph of Norman Parkinson |
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| Photograph of Norman Parkinson |
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| Photograph of Norman Parkinson |
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