Irving Penn – Worlds in a Small Room

Irving Penn (1917 – 2009) was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits and still lives. Worlds in a Small Room, was a collection of photographs taken by Penn spanning a period of over 20 years which were taken whilst he was working on fashion shoots for Vogue. The photographs are portraits shot in studio conditions and started with a trip to Cusco, Peru, in 1948 where he hired a daylight studio to photograph with Northern light (Penn, 1974). Later on he had a custom studio tent built which he used on field trips between 1967 and 71. … Continue reading Irving Penn – Worlds in a Small Room