Irving Penn

Irving Penn was born on June 16, 1917. He was an American Photographer. He was know for his his portraiture and fashion photography. He studied at the Philadelphia Museum School and graduated in 1938. He known as a post World War II feminine chic and glamour photography.

Penn's work were full of clarity, composition, careful arrangement of objects or people, form, and the use of light. He also photographs "still life" objects and found objects in unusual arrangements with great detail and clarity.

53 photos were shown in a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Ar in 2002, the subjects appear sculptural and like a primitive Venus in most of his prints. In July 2005, Penn's work was shown at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC in an exhibit titled "Irving Penn: Platinum Prints." Between January and April 2008, 67 portraits are shown at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City in an exhibit titled "Close Encounters".