Irving Penn

-Biography of Irving Penn Irving Penn was a very famous American photographer. He was well-known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still life. Irving Penn was one of the greatest photographers in the 20th century. Irving Penn was born on June 16th 1917, in New Jersey, United States. When Irving Penn was 17, he was in the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, studying advertising design with his teacher – Alexey Brodovitch. At the same time, Irving Penn worked for Harper’s Bazaar magazine as an apprentice artist while training for a career as an art director. After graduated, Irving Penn worked as a freelance designer for two years. Then he worked in the Saks Fifth Avenue department store as an art director. In 1943, Alexander Liberman – the art director of Vogue Magazine offered Irving Penn to be his assistant. Irving Penn began to take some pictures himself under the teaching of Liberman. Finally, he had shot his first cover photo for Vogue in October, 1943, which had launched Irving Penn on his photographic career. In 1944, Irving Penn leaved Vogue and went to India to work as a war photographer. Two years later, Penn came back to Vogue and continued work throughout his career. In 1953, Irving Penn created his own studio and he started to make advertising photography. is the famous quote of Irving Penn that he stated at the open day of his studio. Through his life time, he had published lots of photographs. His art has been represented in many important photographic collections, including the Museum of Modem Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Addison Gallery of American Art, and the Baltimore Museum of Art. Irving Penn passed away in October 7th 2009.

-Photo Specialty of Irving Penn
Irving Penn was expert at building photos in 2D or 3D form, which changed many people’s concept about fashion photography. Many photos that Irving Penn took were posed against a plain background and lighted from the side. The