Irving Penn Dead Flowers. Although he was celebrated as one of vogue magazine s top photographers for more than sixty years penn was an intensely private man who avoided the limelight and pursued his work with quiet and relentless dedication. Using his signature compositional clarity the influential image maker eschewed the sentimentality so commonly associated with blooms for a stark focus on structure texture palette and anatomical function.
To all those who scan flowers looking to create something photographically unusual take a look at irving penn s work to see how alive he could make a dead flower look. Irving penn was one of the twentieth century s great photographers known for his arresting images and masterful printmaking. Although he was celebrated as one of vogue magazine s top photographers for more than sixty years penn was an intensely private man who avoided the limelight and pursued his work with quiet and relentless dedication.
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Irving penn presents us with an exceptional vision of forms tones and patterns in his flowers series entwining the beauty of nature with his photographic genius. Though photography technology have dramatically changed image making penn s work will not be surpassed. Using his signature compositional clarity the influential image maker eschewed the sentimentality so commonly associated with blooms for a stark focus on structure texture palette and anatomical function. In 1967 art director alexander liberman commissioned irving penn to lens a still life series of flowers for the december edition of american vogue.
