Exhibition

Irving Penn: Small Trades

I’m been meaning to post about this for sometime now but with traveling and work on different project I’ve been slow getting to this. I last posted about the passing of the master photographer Irving Penn, well I’m happy to post that you can see a great exhibit of his work at the Getty running until Jan 10th 2010. If you get a chance go take a look at these images, I’ll be going soon myself.

Working in Paris, London, and New York in the early 1950s, photographer Irving Penn (American, 1917–2009) created masterful representations of skilled tradespeople dressed in work clothes and carrying the tools of their occupations. A neutral backdrop and natural light provided the stage on which his subjects could present themselves with dignity and pride. Penn revisited his Small Trades series over many decades, producing evermore-exacting prints, including platinum/palladium enlargements. Read more…

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