PHOTOGRAPHER

Irving Penn

1917 - 2009

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Irving Penn (June 16, 1917 – October 7, 2009) was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake and Clinique. His work has been exhibited internationally and continues to inform the art of photography. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Irving Penn is the 26th most popular photographer (up from 28th in 2019), the 2,428th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,335th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Irving Penn ranks 26 out of 148. Before him are Gunter Sachs, Diane Arbus, Alfred Stieglitz, Josef Koudelka, Richard Avedon, and August Sander. After him are André Kertész, Carl Van Vechten, Nan Goldin, Guillermo Kahlo, Wilhelm Brasse, and Roger Fenton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Irving Penn ranks 96. Before him are Maurice Trintignant, Augusto Roa Bastos, Atle Selberg, Roque Máspoli, Harold Garfinkel, and Luis Carniglia. After him are Jânio Quadros, Alexander Schmorell, Will Eisner, Stéphane Hessel, William H. McNeill, and Jean Rouch. Among people deceased in 2009, Irving Penn ranks 74. Before him are Samak Sundaravej, Ricardo Montalbán, Luís Cabral, G. A. Cohen, Feroz Khan, and Achille Compagnoni. After him are Pat Hingle, Ryuzo Hiraki, John Hughes, Prince Alexandre of Belgium, Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, and Lucian Pulvermacher.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Irving Penn ranks 2,428 out of 20,380. Before him are LeBron James (1984), Dean Stockwell (1936), Art Blakey (1919), Peter Graves (1926), Chadwick Boseman (1977), and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (1958). After him are Jason Momoa (1979), Joel Silver (1952), Jermaine Jackson (1954), Dean Acheson (1893), Karen Grassle (1942), and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Irving Penn ranks 6. Before him are Vivian Maier (1926), Annie Leibovitz (1949), Diane Arbus (1923), Alfred Stieglitz (1864), and Richard Avedon (1923). After him are Carl Van Vechten (1880), Nan Goldin (1953), William Klein (1928), Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), Berenice Abbott (1898), and Lewis Hine (1874).

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