Description: Irving Penn is one of the most noteworthy photographers of the twentieth century, best known for his inimitable fashion and portrait photographs, as well as his unique still lifes. In 1967, Penn traveled on assignment from the American fashion journal Vogue to Dahomey in western Africa, now the Republic of Benin. His portraits of natives taken in a portable studio built especially for the occasion reflect Penn's fascination with foreign cultures, as do his photographs of culturally significant clay figures dedicated primarily to the voodoo god Legba. 35 years after their publication in Vogue, Irving Penn presents these portraits of tribal people and his photographs of Legba altars in book form for the first time. With texts by leading anthropologists and Irving Penn himself, this volume is an extraordinary photographic document of African culture, from a master recorder of our time.
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Location: New York, New York
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Signed By: Irving Penn
Book Title: Irving Penn : Photographs of Dahomey 1967
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag Gmbh & Co KG
Item Length: 9.5 in
Edition: First Edition
Publication Year: 2004
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Illustrator: Yes
Author: Anne Wilkes Tucker, Irving Penn
Genre: Photography
Topic: Individual Photographers / General, General
Item Width: 8.5 in
Number of Pages: 80 Pages
