Irving
Penn (June 16, 1917 – October 7, 2009) was an American photographer widely known
for his portraiture work. He is best known for his fashion photography, and
worked at Vogue magazine. He studied
drawing, painting, and graphics in college, and didn’t try photography until
working as the art director at Saks Fifth Avenue in 1940. Penn was one of the
first to use a simple grey or white background for posing models.
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