Penn, Irving

Irving Penn (b. 1917) is a commercial and fine arts photographer. In addition to fashion and portrait photography, much of it commissioned by Vogue, his oeuvre includes ethnographic studies, still lifes, nudes, and advertising works.

From the description of Irving Penn paper archives, 1939-1997. (Art Institute of Chicago). WorldCat record id: 79003191

Penn, Irving. American Photographer. Born: Plainfield, New Jersey, June 16, 1917. Education: Studied design, under Alexey Brodovitch, Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, 1934-38. Military Service: Served as an ambulance driver and documentary photographer in the American Field Service, with the British Army in Italy and India, 1944-45. Family: Married the fashion model Lisa Fonssagrives in 1950; son: Tom. Career: Worked as a graphic artist in New York, 1938-41; spent a year painting in Mexico, 1942; designer and photographer for Vogue magazine, New York, 1943-44. Photographer, working with Alexander Liberman, for Conde Nast Publications, New York, publishers of Vogue, etc., since 1946; also, freelance advertising photographer, New York, since 1952. Died October 7, 2009, Manhattan, New York at the age of 92.

From the description of Irving Penn : Artist File. (International Center of Photography). WorldCat record id: 700522973