Irving Penn

'Cuzco Children,' Cuzco, Peru, 1948; photograph by Irving Penn (CondA© Nast Publications, Inc.) Irving Penn was assured a high place in the canon of photography well before his death, on October 7 at the age of ninety-two. Yet for those...

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Toronto gallery owner recalls friendship with fashion photographer In the decades after World War II, renowned photographer Irving Penn worked for Vogue and other magazines, depicting women as glamorous and chic. SUBMITTED PHOTO As the...

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...for a living during the day and, if they were so inclined, indulged their art at night. But for Penn, fashion commissions were the creative work and the images he produced on magazine assignments found their way into the best art galleries.

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She died in 1992. One of his 1950 photos of her sold at auction in 2004 for more than $57,000. Penn was the older brother of filmmaker Arthur Penn, who directed "The Miracle Worker," "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Night Moves." In the...

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'Woman with Roses on Her Arm', a 1950 photograph by Penn of his wife, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn Photo: IRVING PENN Undated photograph of Irving Penn, taken by Bert Stern Photo: REUTERS Penn's 1948 photograph 'Cuzco Children' Photo: AP

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...Sept. 20. Penn died Wednesday at his apartment in New York City, said his brother, film director Arthur Penn. The cause was not given. Penn started contributing to Vogue in 1943 and became one of the first commercial photographers to...

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...dress, with flowers pinned to her left sleeve. The pictures attracted much attention and made Mr. Penn one of the busiest photographers of the era. He opened his studio in 1953 and alternated between fashion and travel assignments. As in his...

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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. His assistant Roger Krueger said...

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...he continued to produce commercial and gallery work into the 21st century. Enlarge Bert Stern/Courtesy of Irving Penn Studio Penn's career began in the 1940s as a fashion photographer for Vogue, and he continued to contribute to the...

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...are considered icons. Francine du Plessix, left, with Alexander and Tatiana Liberman in a 1948 Irving Penn photograph. (Irving Penn / Penguin Press) By Mary Rourke Tribune staff reporter Irving Penn, a grand master of American fashion...

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