On the centenary of Irving Penn’s birth, the Fotografiska museum in Stockholm presents a selection of Penn’s work within the exhibition “Resonance – Photographs from the Pinault Collection” curated by Pierre Apraxine and Matthieu Humery, organised by Johan Vikner, Exhibition Coordinator at Fotografiska in collaboration with the Pinault Collection and Palazzo Grassi in Venice.
Irving Penn
Besides being a celebrities and fashion photographer, Irving Penn was a portrayer of every aspects of life, as shown in a generous exhibition at the Fotografiska museum in Stockholm.
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- 21 June 2017
- Stockholm
Much of Penn’s work is characterised by a fascination with the different stages of life, and its inevitable end – death. “Resonance” is a journey through the American photographer’s imagery from the late 1940s to the mid 1990s and depicts various elements of his oeuvre. He was a portrayer of every aspect of life and events, where detailed studies of everyday objects such as cigarette butts, paper cups or pieces of bone were portrayed with the same harmony as haute couture, super models and ordinary workers.
until 1 October 2017
Irving Penn. Resonance – Photographs form the Pinault Collection
curated by Pierre Apraxine and Matthieu Humery
Fotografiska
Stadsgårdshamnen 22, Stockholm
Sweden