American Photographer Penn Captured More Than Just Fashion

Irving Penn was one of the most prominent and influential fashion and celebrity photographers of the 20th century. His images of glamorous models posing in the latest designs graced the covers and pages of the most popular fashion magazines. In a bare, stripped-down studio in New York City, he photographed prominent figures like Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali, poet Langston Hughes, writer Truman Capote and pioneering architect Le Corbusier. But Penn considered himself...

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