Category Archives: Photographers

Irving Penn – in a class of one

Irving Penn at the Met


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If you could gaze upon the work of just one photographer, Irving Penn makes a strong claim to being that photographer.

It’s fitting that the most elegant woman of the past century, Lisa Fonssagrives, was to become Mrs. Penn.

Penn’s aesthetic can be traced to a lineage which includes Rembrandt, van Beyeren, Tissot and Jasper Johns.

Click the image for the NYT article.

Tony Snowdon passes

R.I.P.

Click the image for the interview.

Tony Snowdon died yesterday. One of the finest photographers of his time, Snowdon never cheapened or ridiculed his subjects, an approach consistent with his breeding.

You can see the 2001 Charlie Rose interview by clicking the image above.