Irving Penn

 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 unique it is. I would have never thought of doing something that creative. Also, the lighting was done very well and this image is super interesting.
In this still-life photo by Penn, he photographed a faucet and what looks like water droplets flowing down. I say it looks like it because I cannot confirm if these are real water drops or artificial. I don't think it matters either way because the image is interesting. I personally don't particularly care for still-life photos but, the two that I found by Penn two caught my eye the most because of the framing and object matter 





 


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