IRVING PENN Fashion Portrait Photographer By Linda Huynh

IRVING PENN Fashion & Portrait Photographer By: Linda Huynh

BIOGRAPHY Born in Plainfield, New Jersey on June 16, 1917 He died O ctober 7, 2009 in New York City Education: Philadelphia Museum School of Art from 1934 -1938, learned advertising design First job after graduating, he was an art director for the Junior League magazine Irving spent a year in Mexico for painting Became a graphic designer in New York, before shooting pictures for Vogue Penn was selected by Brodovitch to be his assistant for a year in the art department of Harper’s

IRVING PENN • • His first camera was a Rolleiflex On O ctober 1, 1944 vogue published his first cover During his time working with Vogue, he got to travel around the world (France, Spain, Italy, England, Austria, Scotland, etc. ) He married Lisa Fonssagrives (fashion model) in 1950

CHILDHOOD • His parents moved to Philadelphia • His dad worked as a watchmaker • His mother was a nurse • Brother of motion picture director Arthur Penn • “Over the years I must have spent thousands of hours silently brushing on the liquid coatings, preparing each sheet in anticipation of reaching the perfect print. ”Irving Penn

STYLE OF PHOTOGRAPHY: FASHION PORTRAIT Penn stages photographs that appear to have simplistic and aristocratic style

Harlequin Dress (Lisa Fonssagrives – Penn), 1950 Platinum palladium print, printed 1979 $300, 000 - 500, 000 19 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (50. 5 x 50. 5 cm. )

Mouth (For L’oreal), New York 1986 Dye-transfer print 18 3/5 x 18 3/10 in (47. 3 x 46. 6 cm)

Vogue Fashion Photography (Lima, Peru), 1948 Selenium toned gelatin silver paint, printed 1985 46 x 44. 3 cm (18 1/8 x 17 ½ in. )

Balthus, Paris, 1948 Fahey/Klein Gallery 15. 5 x 14. 75 in. (39. 4 x 37. 5 cm. )

Marlene Dietrich, New York, 1948, Atlas Gallery 10, 000 -20, 000 USD 9 x 7. 5 in. (22. 9 x 19 cm. )

Audrey Hepburn, Paris, 1951 Gelatin silver print £ 40, 000 -50, 000 34. 9 x 34 cm (13. 3/4 x 13. 3/8 in. )

EMULATION

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