Irvin penn photography

“I’m a surprisingly limited photographer,” Penn insisted to me, “and I’ve learned not to go beyond my capacity. I’ve tried a few times to depart from what I know I can do, and I’ve failed.” Yet it is difficult to deny that Penn was the supreme studio photographer of the twentieth century. His artistry both emerged from and depended on his very specific, highly aestheticized commercial work.

A gallery featuring a selection of Irving Penn's fashion photographs.

Irving Penn's first retrospective in nearly 20 years at the Dallas Museum of Art features his iconic portraits of Capote and Dali, as well as unseen work.

Irving Penn, January 31, 1948, printed September 1991

For Half a Century, Irving Penn (June 16, 1917 – October 7, 2009) has been the leading American celebrity portraitist and fashion photographer. Throughout the entire period, he has been associated with Vogue, and most of the photographs he has published were done as editorial a

Women in Wartime (Dorian Leigh and Evelyn Tripp), 1950

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IRVING PENN Irving Penn was one of the most distinguished photographers of our time. Irving Penn Portraits is a glorious celebration of his work in this genre, focusing on his portraits of significant cultural figures over the last seven decades. Irving Penn was born June 16, 1917, in Plainfield, N.J. Educated in public schools, he

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