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Official website of The Irving Penn Foundation, with background information on the life and career of photographer Irving Penn. Includes images, biography, chronology, exhibition list, bibliography, and news.
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Irving Penn was one of the twentieth century's great...
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Until the end of his life, Penn used the same theater...
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The Irving Penn Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3)...
- Chronology
Spread with Mouth (for L'Oréal) and Irving Penn Studio...
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Inventive Paris Clothes, 1909-1939: A Photographic Essay by...
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Apr 21, 2017 · Penn sends that sinuous chess piece into compositional war with the rigid geometry of the card backs and the pair of die, two fives, balanced on top of the glass. But notice, too, the way he...
Irving Penn Boxed Notecards. Created exclusively for the de Young museum located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, this boxed notecard set celebrates the momentous exhibition Irving Penn. Send your best wishes with this set of cards, featuring Irving Penn's most iconic photographs.
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Sep 28, 2022 · Sep 28, 2022. At first glance, this Irving Penn photo looks like it could be its own tarot card. The careful black figures dressed so elegantly in hats and a veil, their hands gloved, seem like mourners, a young widow receiving a reading from a friend or relative after the funeral, their black forms against the white like a calligraphy brushstroke.
Irving Penn is widely recognized as one of the 20th century’s greatest photographers. Vogue ’s longest-standing contributor, Penn revolutionized fashion photography in the postwar era. Using neutral backgrounds, he emphasized models’ personalities through their gestures and expressions.
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