1901–1983 · United States · Photographer
Lisette Model
Frank, close-up street portraits with a blunt humanism.
Promenade des Anglais, 1934Source: Wikipedia
PHOTOGRAPHER · 1917–2009 · UNITED STATES
Irving Penn
Austere studio portraits and still lifes of great formal precision.
- Born
- 1917
- Died
- 2009
- Country
- United States
- Field
- Photographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1950Small Trades
- 1972Cigarettes
WHY THEY MATTER
Long-time Vogue photographer; retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2017); work at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Smithsonian.
THE LIFE
Penn worked for Vogue for decades, making fashion pictures, portraits and still lifes. He often photographed sitters squeezed into a narrow corner or against plain backdrops. He also photographed tradespeople and cultures around the world with the same studio discipline. He revived platinum printing for his later work.
WHAT THEY SHOT WITH
Platinum printing
Also born in 1900–1929
1902–1984 · United States · Photographer
Ansel Adams
Sharp black-and-white landscapes of the American West with full tonal range.
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941Source: Wikipedia
1902–2002 · Mexico · Photographer
Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Poetic, quietly surreal views of Mexican life.
Striking Worker, Assassinated, 1934Source: Wikipedia
1903–1993 · Mexico · Photographer
Lola Alvarez Bravo
Modernist portraits and street pictures of postrevolutionary Mexico.
Galería de Arte Contemporáneo (Frida Kahlo exhibition), 1953Source: Wikipedia
1903–1975 · United States · Photographer
Walker Evans
Frontal, plain-spoken records of American vernacular life.
American Photographs, 1938Source: Wikipedia
1904–1983 · United Kingdom · Photographer
Bill Brandt
High-contrast social documentary, then distorted nudes and stark landscapes.
The English at Home, 1936Source: Wikipedia