Influential Portraits: Irving Penn

     Our group project was to take inspiring portraits influenced by the famous american photographer, Irving Penn. We chose to edit our pictures in all black and white just as he did. Irving Penn(1917-2009)
 

     Irving Penn was born in 1917 in Plainfield, New Jersey, and has become the main influence for our portraits. His fascinating and fashionable images took a large leap into a new stage of creative photography. The model's he uses usually pose in front of a bare background in a natural light. Penn's idea of getting to know the person by talking to them for an hour or more before he takes their picture has really proven to be a success on capturing the models in a normal state of character.

                                                    

    My group really enjoyed the portraits of some of our favorite celebrities. The models fashionable clothes and great lighting really help give life to the pictures. He turned a dull black and white image into something greater and for that he has accomplished what not many photographers can accomplish .

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