Irving Penn
(1917-2009)
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"A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective."
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Lisa Fonssagrives, Woman with roses on her arm - 1950
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Lisa Fonssagrives
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Woman With A Handkerchief
Harlequin Dress - model, Lisa Fonssagrives, 1950
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Lisa Fonssagrives, Vogue - October, 1951
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Jean Patchett, Woman With Long Black Neck - 1951
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Colette in Balenciaga's Wishbone Suit, Vogue - 1950
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Lisa Fonssagrives - 1951
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Lisa Fonssagrives, Cocoa Colored Balenciaga - 1950
Evelyn Tripp - Crescent Bicorne Hat
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Balenciaga double cacoon gown, Vogue - 1950
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Balenciaga Gathered Sleeve
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Sunny Harnett, Picture of A White Sleeve - 1951
Cafe in Lima, Vogue - 1949
Man Lighting a Girl's Cigarette - 1949
Lisa Fonssagrives in Balenciaga - 1950
Models - 1947
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Richard Avedon
(1923-2004)
"My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph."
Dovima, evening gown by Jacques Fath - 1950
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Dovima with elephants, Paris - 1955
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Dovima with elephants, gown by Dior
Sunny Harnett in gown by Madame Gres, Casino Le Tourqet - 1954
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Dovima, New York - 1954
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Dovima - 1950
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Dorian Leigh in gown by Piguet - 1949
Christian Dior
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Dovima in Balenciaga
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Sunny Harnett - 1954
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Dovima
Dovima, Vogue - 1952
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Dovima with Sascha, Paris - 1955
Carmen in coat by Pierre Cardin - 1957
Dovima
Georgina Hamilton in Balenciaga
Suzy Parker & Robin Tattersall at the Moulin Rouge, Paris - 1957
Gown by Madame Gres
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Frank Horvat
(1928- )
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"Photography is the art of not pushing the button."
Givenchy hat, Jardin des Mode - 1958
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Sortie de Metro - 1959
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Two models with hats, British Vogue - 1959
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Fashion in the Jardins des Tuileries, Paris - 1957
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Les Halles - 1957
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Suggested readings
Moments Preserved: Eight Essays in Photographs and Words (1960), by Irving Penn: Simon & Schuster
Irving Penn Master Images: The Collections of the National Museum of American Art and The National Portrait Gallery (1990), by Merry A. Foresta, Irving Penn, William F. Strapp, The National Portrait Gallery & The National Museum of American Art: Smithsonian Institution Press
Still Life: Irving Penn Photographs, 1938-2000 (2001), by Irving Penn: Bulfinch Press
Irving Penn: The Platinum Prints (2005), by Sarah Greenough & Irving Penn: National Gallery of Art
Portraits (1976), by Richard Avedon & Harold Rosenberg: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Richard Avedon: Made in France (2001), by Richard Avdon and Judith Thurman: Fraenkel Gallery
Richard Avedon Portraits (2002), by Richard Avedon, Maria M. Hambourg & Mia Fineman: Harry N. Abrams
Richard Avedon Photographs: 1946-2004 (2007), by Richard Avedon & Michael J. Holm: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power (2008), by Richard Avedon, Paul Roth, Frank H. Goodyear & Corcoran Gallery of Art: Steidl
Frank Horvat: Very Similar (2002), by Frank Horvat: Dewi Lewis
Frank Horvat: 1999: A Daily Report (1999), by Frank Horvat, Fondation Dina Vierny-Musee Maillol & Janos Gat Gallery: Janos Gat Gallery
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