Irving Penn Dies at 92: Pioneer of Modern Fashion, Portrait and Still-Life Photography
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Irving Penn, a renowned master of American fashion photography who combined a simple aesthetic with with an often startling erotic sensuality, has died at the age of 92. In 1943, Penn started contributing to Vogue magazine, becoming one of the first commercial photographers to cross the schism that had separated commercial from art photography. Art critics have long considered Penn's photographs to be icons, not just images, each one more artistically powerful than the person or object in the frame.He traveled widely to photograph Peruvians in native dress, veiled Moroccan women or the Mudmen of New Guinea. Despite his appreciation for the art and craft of beautifully designed fashion, Penn later reached outside of the unreachable world it represents. To escape or perhaps contest it, in the late 1960s he started photographing crushed cigarette butts and street debris, using the same graphic precision that he used to photograph fashionable designer dresses. New York’s Museum of Modern Art found the cigarette butts exhibit-worthy in 1975.
In 1950, while in Paris he went from a session of photographing the famous Italian sculptor Alberto Giacometti to photographing French butchers. His collection of more than 250 photos of butchers, bakers, street workers and others was acquired last year by the J. Paul Getty Museum and is on view now through January 10th.
This piece includes a number of stunning high-resolution photographs from Penn's body of work, a musical short film tribute and a remarkable, historic slide show of Penn's photography.
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Hi ejasun,
Yes, that's really true.
Best wishes to you.
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ejasun
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One of the Great Ones
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ejasun
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lenhart
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Penn was one of a handful of truly great photographers.
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lenhart
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lenhart:
Hi lenhart,
I totally agree. Both his photographic talents and his wide range of interests in the world at large were quite amazing.
Very best wishes to you.
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