Monday, January 11, 2016

FASHION PHOTOGRAPHERS:IRVING PENN

Irving Penn was born on 1917 in New Jersey, he was a brother of a film director Arthur Penn. He attended the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art where he studied drawing, painting, graphics, and industrial arts. While still a student, he worked at Harper's Bazaar which published several of Penn's drawings. During the 40's he worked as art director at Saks Fifth Avenue, then he spend a year painting and taking photographs in Mexico, and when he returned to New York he start to worked for Vogue. His first cover appeared in October 1943, and he shot over 150 covers in about fifty years. Penn was displayed in the most famous galleries all over the world. In the 1950s, Penn founded his own studio in New York and began making advertising photographs. Penn died in 2009 at his home in Manhattan.
Irving Penn was among the first photographers to pose subjects against a simple grey or white backdrop and he effectively used this simplicity,he presents the figure to be portrayed in stark contrast with the background. Some of his images are recognizable: often they were portraits done by placing your subject in front of two backdrops arranged at an angle.His black and white prints are notable for their deep contrast.

 Irving Penn è nato il 1917 nel New Jersey, fratello del regista Arthur Penn. Ha frequentato la Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art dove studia disegno, pittura, grafica e industrial art. Quando era ancora studente, Irving lavorò presso Harper Bazaar e la rivista pubblicò molti dei suoi disegni. Durante gli anni '40 ha lavorato come art director presso Saks Fifth Avenue, poi trascorre un anno in Messico facendo fotografie, e tornato  a New York, inizia a lavorare per Vogue. La sua prima copertina appare nel mese di ottobre del 1943, ha fotografato oltre 150 copertine in circa 50 anni. Penn ha esposto nelle più famose gallerie di tutto il mondo. Nel 1950,  ha fondato il proprio studio a New York e ha cominciato a fare fotografie pubblicitarie. E' morto nel 2009 nella sua casa di Manhattan.
Irving Penn è stato tra i primi fotografi a rappresentare i soggetti su di un semplice sfondo grigio o bianco e ha usato in modo efficace questa semplicità, presenta la figura ritratta in netto contrasto con lo sfondo. Alcune sue immagini sono riconoscibili: spesso furono ritratti eseguiti posizionando il soggetto di fronte a due fondali disposti ad  angolo. le sue stampe in bianco e nero sono notevoli per il loro contrasto profondo.
Vogue, May 1947

Audrey Hepburn

Veruschka - Vogue UK 1965

Marisa Berenson - Vogue 1969

Paulina Porizkova - 1986

Christy Turlington 1987

Ferrè for Dior - Vogue 1993

Helena Christensen - Vogue Us 1993

Kate Moss

Nadia Auremann - Vogue 1994
David Bowie

Lily Cole - Vogue 2005

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