With a body of work stretching from portraits of Pablo Picasso, Marlene Dietrich and Alfred Hitchcock to abstract female nudes to still lifes to glamorous fashion photos for Vogue, Irving Penn ranks as one of the foremost photographers of the twentieth century. In his nearly 70-year career, Penn worked on professional and artistic projects across multiple genres, dominating the field of fashion and celebrity portraiture and mastering a pared-down aesthetic of studio photography distinguished for its meticulous attention to composition, nuance and detail.
Join CMATO on Thursday, March 7, for an evening discussion with curator, educator and writer Colin Westerbeck, author of Irving Penn: A Career in Photography. As a Curator of Photography at the Art Institute of Chicago, Westerbeck brought Penn’s archives to the museum and organized a Penn exhibition that toured Europe after opening at the Art Institute. He will highlight Penn’s long and renowned career and his enduring influence on the art and history of photography.
Admission is free; visit www.cmato.org for more information.
