Description: One of the most distinguished practitioners of portrait and fashion photography of the mid-twentieth century, Irving Penn's work is identified by its refinement of craft, the wit and grace of its formal invention, and its sensitivity to the quality and character of light. Backed by Vogue magazine, Penn brought a classic economy and concentration to the overblown world of fashion photography, to portraits of artists, writers, and theater people, and to ethnographic studies of style and ornament in little-known corners of West Africa, Nepal, Peru, and New Guinea. This book, published in conjunction with an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, is the first comprehensive retrospective of Penn's work. The essay by John Szarkowski follows a brilliant career, from its art-school beginnings to the provocative still lifes--photographs of street trash to gravity-defying still-lifes of Clinique cosmetics--works of eloquence and classical rectitude to his classic Vogue cover and fashion photography. Includes essays by Vogue editor Rosamond Bernier who was at Vogue in the early 1940s when Penn began working there to fashion designer Issey Miyake who worked with Penn since the early 1980s. This book is in Like New condition with the dust jacket protected by a clear book cover.
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Edition: First Edition
Book Title: Irving Penn : a Career in Photography
Item Length: 12.4in.
Item Height: 0.8in.
Item Width: 10in.
Author: Colin Westerbeck, Irving Penn
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Subjects & Themes / Portraits & Selfies, Individual Photographers / General, General, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Subjects & Themes / Fashion
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Publication Year: 1997
Genre: Photography, Art
Item Weight: 55.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
