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Life of Irving Penn
• Born June 16, 1917• Graduated Philadelphia Museum School in 1938• Worked as a fashion photographer for Vogue
magazine.• Married to his favorite model, Lisa Fonssagrives,
in 1950• Opened his own studio in 1953• Named as one of “The World’s 10 Greatest
Photographer”• Has a son named Tom• His age is 91 now
Self Portrait -1986
Penn’s style
• Clarity, composition, careful arrangement of objects or people, form, and the use of light characterize Penn's work. Penn also photographs still life objects and found objects in unusual arrangements with great detail and clarity.
• While his prints are always clean and clear, Penn's subjects vary widely. Many times his photographs are so ahead of their time that they only came to be appreciated as important works in the modernist canon years after their creation.
• His still life compositions are skillfully arranged assemblages of food or objects; at once spare and highly organized, the objects are raised to a graphic perfection, articulating the abstract interplay of line and volume.