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Apr 21, 2017 · Photograph by Irving Penn. Nude No. 72, New York, 1949-50. Penn’s nudes build on Edward Weston’s work—more abstract than his predecessor’s but also more flowingly sensual.
Jul 19, 2017 · As a ritual, postmortem photography helped check grief. By pressing subjects to execute specific poses and gestures, death photos helped the living externalize personal loss.
Fashion. Throughout Penn's long career at Vogue, fashion was an essential part of his assignments.In the 1940s, using white paper backdrops and striking compositions to emphasize form, he introduced a concise style to fashion photography that departed from the ornate settings that had defined the genre.
Kelville Ernest Irving (6 November 1878 – 24 October 1953) was an English music director, conductor and composer, primarily remembered as a theatre musician in London between the wars, and for his key contributions to British film music as music director at Ealing Studios from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Oct 23, 2015 · Irving Penn (1917 – 2009), known for his iconic fashion, portrait, and still life images that appeared in Vogue, ranks as one of the foremost photographers of the twentieth century.
Oct 26, 2020 · A guide to photographer Irving Penn, famed for his Vogue covers, still-lifes, and portraits of celebrities
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Apr 20, 2017 · Exuding an indelible, instantly recognizable style, they were the work of the great Irving Penn — the first modern photographer whose name was fixed in my young brain.
