Wednesday 21 October 2009

Irving Penn

Only just found out today that Irving Penn died earlier this month aged 92, Irving was one of the most influential photographers of the fashion and famous world. He had this amazing style of mixing classical elegance with minimalism with a long career at vogue his photographs were instantly recognisable for fixing his subjects to there background and never being blurred.

Irving Penn, "Marcel Duchamp, New York, 1948"

Irving Penn "Truman Capote, New York, 1948"

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