Irving Penn Portraits
Irving Penn was one of the greatest photographers of our time. Focusing on his portraits of major cultural figures over the last seven decades, Irving Penn Portraits is a glorious celebration of his work in this genre.
The exhibition included over 120 exquisite prints, many vintage, ranging from his earliest portraits for Vogue magazine in 1944 to the present day. The variety and significance of sitters in Penn’s photographs is extraordinary. Among those featured in the exhibition were Truman Capote, Christian Dior, Duke Ellington, Alfred Hitchcock, Al Pacino, Edith Piaf and Pablo Picasso.
The exhibition included over 120 exquisite prints, many vintage, ranging from his earliest portraits for Vogue magazine in 1944 to the present day. The variety and significance of sitters in Penn’s photographs is extraordinary. Among those featured in the exhibition were Truman Capote, Christian Dior, Duke Ellington, Alfred Hitchcock, Al Pacino, Edith Piaf and Pablo Picasso.
the exhebition was in National Portrait
Irving Penn Portraits
The exhibition covered all of Penn's portraiture collection and features major cultural icons and famous figures from all over the world. Starting with his work for Vogue magazine in the 1940s and ending with photos from his last shoots in the noughties, the array of faces on show is simply stunning given that the images were all taken by just one man.
Groundbreaking work
Having started work as a photographer for Vogue in 1944 Irving Penn soon made a break with the tradional style of shooting at the time and created a unique and groundbreaking style of his own. Fans of photography history will be thrilled to see portraits of the likes of Truman Capote and Max Ernst in this new and simplified style on show in the Irving Penn Portraits exhibition.
Famous portraits
Penn captured the image of hundreds of different celebrities, artists, actors, painters and musicians in his time. Amongst the portraits on show in the exhibition there were Pablo Picasso, Marlene Dietrich, Christian Dior, T.S. Eliot, Duke Ellington, Alfred Hitchcock, Edith Piaf, Harold Pinter and Igor Stravinsky.
Changing styles
As Irving Penn became more famous, his style of paired down simplicity began to become synonymous with his name. Taking close ups of his subjects, and using different visual tricks to get them to show their personality placed greater emphasis on his photographic skill and during the 50s he became renowned for introducing this new style.
The exhibition covered all of Penn's portraiture collection and features major cultural icons and famous figures from all over the world. Starting with his work for Vogue magazine in the 1940s and ending with photos from his last shoots in the noughties, the array of faces on show is simply stunning given that the images were all taken by just one man.
Groundbreaking work
Having started work as a photographer for Vogue in 1944 Irving Penn soon made a break with the tradional style of shooting at the time and created a unique and groundbreaking style of his own. Fans of photography history will be thrilled to see portraits of the likes of Truman Capote and Max Ernst in this new and simplified style on show in the Irving Penn Portraits exhibition.
Famous portraits
Penn captured the image of hundreds of different celebrities, artists, actors, painters and musicians in his time. Amongst the portraits on show in the exhibition there were Pablo Picasso, Marlene Dietrich, Christian Dior, T.S. Eliot, Duke Ellington, Alfred Hitchcock, Edith Piaf, Harold Pinter and Igor Stravinsky.
Changing styles
As Irving Penn became more famous, his style of paired down simplicity began to become synonymous with his name. Taking close ups of his subjects, and using different visual tricks to get them to show their personality placed greater emphasis on his photographic skill and during the 50s he became renowned for introducing this new style.
Fashion photos
Asides from his iconic portrait style, there were several photos in the Irving Penn Portraits exhibition that represent his career as a fashion photographer. He had an enormous back catalogue of fashion and still life photographs to his name.
I loved that exhebition. I wa surpeised to find a lot of famous people portraits where they were depicted in unussual to their behavior of mimicry. the bad side wa that i didn't know almost a half of faces at that exhebition.
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