Tribute to Irving Penn

self portrait


"I have always stood in awe of the camera.
I recognize it for the instrument it is,
part Stradivarius, part scalpel."

"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."

- Irving Penn -

June 16, 1917 - October 7, 2009 

The Irving Penn Foundation 

The Irving Penn Archives at the Art Institute of Chicago

photos by Irving Penn 
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music: Solitude by Ryuichi Sakamoto