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Irving Penn
Two New Guinea Men Holding Hands
1970/1979
Museum of Contemporary Photography
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IS FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY ART?
by Charlie Finch
Reading the laudatory obituaries of Irving Penn (1917-2009), I asked myself why the work of this universally celebrated master always left me cold and came to the conclusion that it was because of fashion.
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