11.6 2012

Irving Penn: Diverse Worlds opens!

 

Irving Penn, Cat Woman, New Guinea, 1970. Balenciaga “Little Great Coat” (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Paris, 1950 © Copyright by The Irving Penn Foundation

 

For the first time in the Öresund region, a rich selection of Irving Penn’s photographs from some of his most famous serial photography will be presented.

  

Irving Penn (1917-2009) is regarded as one of the leading photographers of our time. He was active in both the commercial and artistic fields. With a selection of nearly 90 works and samples from his assignments for numerous publications, the exhibition at Moderna Museet Malmö covers a broad spectrum of Irving Penn’s oeuvre.

On the Opening day, 16 June at 3 pm, Andreas Nilsson and curator Anna Tellgren will host a talk with Lennart Durehed, photographer, and Irving Penn’s assistant in New York 1973-1976. In Swedish.

Irving Penn: Diverse Worlds

Published 11 June 2012 · Updated 11 June 2012

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