Joe Seck

 Irving Penn Joe Seck 2/22/22 Art 250           Irving Penn was born in 1917 in Plainfield, New Jersey, he attended the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Arts from 1934 to 1938 where his interest in the arts was sculpted. He worked three years as a freelance designer where he took his first amateur photographs. He took his first photographic cover for Vogue  in 1943. In 1944 he was offered by the Office of War Information in London offered him a job as an artist-photographer where he drove an ambulance in support of the British Eighth Army. He took photographs of soldiers, medical, and camp life. He worked for Vogue  for the remainder of his career where he specialized in Fashion and still-life photography.      In this still-life photo by Penn, he took a photo of chicks and eggs in a jar and I believe this image is one of my favorites that I saw going through his work. I think I enjoy this image so much because of how u...

 Ernst Haas Joe Seck 2/8/22 Art 250      Ernst Haas was an Austrian American color photographer and photojournalist, he was born in 1921 and lived until 1986. He was considered one of the main pioneers in color photography. His early works consisted of photographing the Austrian returning prisoners of war that soon brought attention to his name in magazines like Life. Haas was known for intentionally taking his photos out of focus as well as his reflection works.                                                                                                                         Ernst Haas- New York City, 1...