Published to mark the centennial of Irving Penn’s birth, this retrospective surveys his nearly seventy-year career through almost 300 photographs, including previously unpublished works. It covers early documentary imagery, portraits of cultural figures and celebrities, fashion photography, female nudes, still lifes, advertising work, and studies of peoples in Peru, Dahomey (Benin), New Guinea, and Morocco. Essays place the photographs within their artistic, social, and political contexts and discuss Penn’s meticulous printing processes, while an illustrated chronology traces his career.
