Still Life & Flowers - Irving Penn (research)

Irving Penn (June 16, 1917 – October 7, 2009) was an American photographer most known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. 

Personally I love this photo. I love how harsh it is. It makes me think that this women is brutal and reminds me of old films full of guns.

It shows how much story can close-up tell. 

While perhaps best known for his fashion photography, Irving Penn's repertoire also includes portraits of creative greats; ethnographic photographs from around the world; Modernist still lifes of food, bones, bottles, metal, found objects, etc.; and stunning scenes from photographic travel essays.

Opposite previous one I find this photo very pure and clean, love the form. This blossom seems very strong and feminine. The way blossom is ''posed'' makes this photography very powerful. 

I find something mysterious about this photography. These three  cigarette butts seems telling a story, and for me they even seem like small cigarette family. 

"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 one word, effective."

Irving Penn photographed his first cover for Vogue magazine in 1943 and continued to work at the magazine throughout his career, shooting covers, portraits, still lifes, fashion, and photographic essays. 

Photography on left is Irving's first photo for Vogue. For me its more like a painting than photography. 

'' Photographing a cake can be art'' 

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Penn 

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