Irving penn still life biography of obama

Irving Penn is born in Plainfield, New Jersey.

Attends the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art. Studies design with Alexey Brodovitch, art director at Harper's Bazaar, and works as his assistant.

Penn buys his first camera, a Rolleiflex, with earnings from drawings published in the magazine.

Works in New York as an art director at Junior League magazine and at Saks Fifth Avenue.

Travels through the American South to Mexico to spend a year painting.

Hired at Vogue by art director Alexander Liberman.

He encourages Penn to take his first color photograph, a still life, which becomes the October 1 cover. Penn considered this his beginning as a professional photographer.

Volunteers with the American Field Service.

Back at Vogue, undertakes extensive portrait series of cultural figures.

Travels to France, Italy, Spain, and Peru for Vogue.

After completing fashion editorial in Lima, prolongs stay to make portraits of local peopl