Irvin penn

A gallery featuring a selection of Irving Penn's fashion photographs.

“Girl Behind Wine Bottle”, 1949 Jean Patchett © Irving Penn

Photos: Irving Penn | 1917-2009 - Los Angeles Times

Irving Penn's first retrospective in nearly 20 years at the Dallas Museum of Art features his iconic portraits of Capote and Dali, as well as unseen work.

“I’m a surprisingly limited photographer,” Penn insisted to me, “and I’ve learned not to go beyond my capacity. I’ve tried a few times to depart from what I know I can do, and I’ve failed.” Yet it is difficult to deny that Penn was the supreme studio photographer of the twentieth century. His artistry both emerged from and depended on his very specific, highly aestheticized commercial work.

A gallery featuring a selection of Irving Penn's beauty photographs.

One of the most prolific photographers working in the 20th century (and certainly one of the most famous fashion magazine photographers of his era), Irving Penn shot a series of minimalist studio portraits back in the 1940s and ’50s that were…

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IRVING PENN Irving Penn was one of the most distinguished photographers of our time. Irving Penn Portraits is a glorious celebration of his work in this genre, focusing on his portraits of significant cultural figures over the last seven decades. Irving Penn was born June 16, 1917, in Plainfield, N.J. Educated in public schools, he