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Irving Penn
Girl with Fruit, Shoe & Butterflies, 1946
"It is the burning intensity of Penn's own being that puts the value into his pictures."
- Cecil Beaton
Girl with Fruit, Shoe & Butterflies, 1946
"It is the burning intensity of Penn's own being that puts the value into his pictures."
- Cecil Beaton
Iving Penn
John Marin
New York, 1947
"Penn makes everything extremely hard for himself. He employs no gadgets, no special props, nothing but the simplest lighting – probably a one-source light coming from the side of the sitter's head."
- Cecil Beaton
John Marin
New York, 1947
"Penn makes everything extremely hard for himself. He employs no gadgets, no special props, nothing but the simplest lighting – probably a one-source light coming from the side of the sitter's head."
- Cecil Beaton
Irving Penn
Ballet Society, NY, 1948
"The grace, wit & inventiveness of his pattern-making, the lively & surprising elegance of his line & his sensitivity to the character, the idiosyncratic humors, of light make Penn’s pictures a pleasure for our eyes."
- John Szarkowski
Ballet Society, NY, 1948
"The grace, wit & inventiveness of his pattern-making, the lively & surprising elegance of his line & his sensitivity to the character, the idiosyncratic humors, of light make Penn’s pictures a pleasure for our eyes."
- John Szarkowski
Irving Penn's first Vogue cover, October 1943
In his career he took more than 150 Vogue cover shots.
In his career he took more than 150 Vogue cover shots.
Irving Penn
Coffee pot, NY, 2007
"Everything he photographs or, at least, prints is the product of a remarkably undivided conscience. There are no breaks; only different subjects."
- Richard Woodward
Coffee pot, NY, 2007
"Everything he photographs or, at least, prints is the product of a remarkably undivided conscience. There are no breaks; only different subjects."
- Richard Woodward
Tom Penn
Irving Penn's darkroom, Huntington, NY, 2004
Tom Penn, the son of Irving Penn & Lisa Fonssagrives, is a silversmith/metal designer.
Irving Penn's darkroom, Huntington, NY, 2004
Tom Penn, the son of Irving Penn & Lisa Fonssagrives, is a silversmith/metal designer.
Jean Patchett by Irving Penn
Vogue cover, 1950
Rosamond Bernier said that Penn "brought poetry to immobility."
Vogue cover, 1950
Rosamond Bernier said that Penn "brought poetry to immobility."
Irving Penn
Small Cuttings of Bananas, New York, 2008
The last Irving Penn photograph published by Vogue, for the August 2009 issue. Penn died in October of that year.
Small Cuttings of Bananas, New York, 2008
The last Irving Penn photograph published by Vogue, for the August 2009 issue. Penn died in October of that year.
Igor Stravinsky by Irving Penn, 1948
One of his 'corner portraits'.
"They couldn’t run away," Penn said. "For that moment of time, they belonged to me."
One of his 'corner portraits'.
"They couldn’t run away," Penn said. "For that moment of time, they belonged to me."
Irving Penn
Milkman, New York, 1951
From his 'Small Trades' series
"I have always stood in awe of the camera. I recognise it for the instrument it is: part Stradivarius, part scalpel."
Milkman, New York, 1951
From his 'Small Trades' series
"I have always stood in awe of the camera. I recognise it for the instrument it is: part Stradivarius, part scalpel."
