Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Irving Penn Research

Irving Penn was an American Photographer who was known for his fashion, portrait and still ice photography.

 Penn worked for two years as a freelance designer and making his first amateur photographs before taking his position as the art director at Saks Fifth Ave. He worked at sake for around a year before leaving to spend a year taking photographs and painting in Mexico, also across the US. 

Penn returned to New York being offered a position as a n associate for Vogue Magazine At department. He worked fro magazine layouts before he was promoted to actually being  photographer.Irving's first Vogue cover was displayed in 1943, he then continued to work for the magazine throughout his career plus his independent advertisement work for clients including Issey Miyake and Clinique.

Finally, in 1950 Penn founded his own studio where his career kicked off. Penn's work had been exhibited internationally and continues to represent the art of photography.

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