Irving Penn's photographic legacy
Irving Penn, an American photographer born in 1917 and who passed away in 2009, is renowned for his work with Vogue and his contributions to 20th-century photography. His photographs are currently on display at the European House of Photography, the Bourse de Commerce, and will be featured starting on November 7 at the Ropac gallery. Penn's early travels to Cuzco
In 1948, Penn traveled to Cuzco, the former capital of the Inca Empire, following a photo session in Lima with an American mannequin. At the time, Penn was thirty years old and had not yet achieved the status of a master photographer. Early recognition and title
His assistants did not yet refer to him as "Mr. Penn" with the deference he would later receive. Penn, who created more than one hundred sixty covers for the fashion magazine Vogue, considered himself a failed painter and destroyed all his paintings in 1942, choosing instead to focus on photography.
