Irving Penn, RIP Oct 9, 2009
The photography of Irving Penn ... Irving Penn photographed so many prominent cultural figures of the 20th century that, over the years, he came to be regarded as an equal among them ... In 2002, he donated 85 one-of-a-kind platinum prints to the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., and the museum subsequently exhibited the work in a large show, "Irving Penn: Platinum Prints," in 2005. (Slate)
Celebrity photographer Irving Penn dies Oct 8, 2009
Lisa Fonssagrives-penn / Irving Penn Studio, Inc. via AP Irving Penn is shown at a photo shoot with a New Guinea mud man and a child ... NEW YORK - Irving Penn, whose photographs revealed a taste for stark simplicity whether he was shooting celebrity portraits, fashion, still life or remote places of the world, died Wednesday at his Manhattan home ... Irving Penn / Christie's via AP filePenntook this image of two Moroccan women, "Guedras in the Wind," a platinum-palladium print, flush-mounted... (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Irving Penn, 92; his sparse, lustrous portraits revealed Oct 8, 2009
Irving Penn's portrait of Pablo Picasso in 1957. (Irving Penn) By Globe Staff / October 8, 2009 ... Irving Penn, whose photographs made high art out of high fashion and whose mastery of the medium extended to portraits, still lifes, and nudes, died yesterday at his Manhattan home. (Boston Globe)
American photographer Penn dies Oct 8, 2009
Irving Penn began his photography career in the 1940s. American photographer Irving Penn, who gained fame for his images ranging from fashion and celebrities to ordinary people and still life, has died. (BBC News -- Americas)
Edward Steichen exhibits showcase breadth of photographer’s career Jul 19, 2009
Szarkowski wrote those words about Irving Penn. Steichen s fashion photography never transcends the genre, as does the work of Penn and Richard Avedon at their best. (Boston Globe)
Reviews of ‘The Model as Muse’ and ‘Avedon Fashion’ Jul 9, 2009
The earliest works are from the 1940s and 50s, the period generally known as the Golden Age of Haute Couture, and they remind us that the creativity of great photographers like Avedon, Irving Penn, and - later - William Klein, Guy Bourdin, Helmut Newton, and Steven Meisel played as important a role in establishing the phenomenon of the iconic model as the models themselves. Avedon craved respect for his mannered portraiture. (Boston Globe)
Style guru Oribe: A life 'consumed with hair' May 13, 2009
Oribe s collaborators include photographers such as Bill King, Irving Penn and Helmut Newton, who photographed Cindy Crawford for American Vogue. He has worked with directors included Fabien Baron and Keesha Keeble; makeup artists Francois Nars, Pat McGrath and Stephane Marais, fashion designers including Gianna Versace; and actresses and models Heidi Klum, Naomi Campbell and Jennifer Lopez to name a few. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
