Drawing from the extensive holdings of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, including a major gift from The Irving Penn Foundation, this magnificent catalogue compiles 161 of Penn’s iconic ...

It’s become commonplace to observe that we all now carry a camera in our pockets. Yet in truth, quick, cheap photography was accessible throughout the 20th century, from the development of the Kodak ...

Irving Penn, now in his 80s and still hard at work ... In 1947, Penn was 30 years old and had already worked for the legendary Russian art director Alexey Brodovitch, designed advertising for ...

"Penn: Centennial" originated as an exhibition organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Irving Penn Foundation in ...