Irving Penn, New York, 1951. Photo by Horst
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By Andy Grundberg, The New York Times
Irving Penn, one of the 20th century’s most prolific and influential photographers of fashion and the famous, whose signature blend of classical elegance and cool minimalism was recognizable to magazine readers and museumgoers worldwide, died Wednesday morning at his home in Manhattan. He was 92....
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Yuanchung Lee: "Penn was a magician, conjuring Form and Beauty from the meanest of materials. Regardless of the subject matter, the Penn 'voice' was the same—elegant, concise, and seeming always to capture the essence of the thing. It's a shame to label him a 'fashion photographer' (as the
Times headline writer did). Not only because he did all sorts of pictures, but because his work is really the opposite of fashion: It's timeless. Penn obviously did not make pictures to please ephemeral tastes. As for the inevitable comparison to Avedon, well, Penn wins hands-down for me."
