Irving Penn

Biography

Irving Penn (1917, Plainfield, New Jersy, US – 2009, New York, US) was an American photographer known for fashion photography and portraits. He had studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, US. Over a more than six decades long career, he worked across fashion, portraiture, still life, and documentary photography. His work played an important role in shaping photography as an artistic medium in the twentieth century.

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