IRVING PENN

Famous for his fashion portraits and experimentation with still life images, Irving Penn (19172009) ranks as one of the foremost ph otographers of the 20th century. In an illustrious career that spanned nearly 70 years, Penn was a master of both black-and-white an d color photography, and his revival of platinum printing in the 1960s and 1970s was a catalyst for significant change in the art wo rld. Drawing from the extensive holdings of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, including a major gift from The Irving Penn Foundat ion, this...[Read more]