Irving Penn: The Most Influential Fashion Photographer

As a child, I have always been a visually observatory person. Patterns, textiles, and fashion have always been high interests of mine. My childhood consisted of many Barbie dolls as toys, and it wasn't the Barbie dolls that I wanted to play with, but the clothes that I loved to collect and interchange between the dolls. Creating different outfits for the dolls made me feel as if I was making my own mark in fashion. As I grew older, begging my mother to purchase fashion magazines like Vogue, Elle, and Harpers Bazaar were typical and became expected. While flipping through the pages of fashion magazines, I was enthralled while examining the latest trends from celebrities and models. This is what influenced me to want to work in the fashion industry.

The paper will explore Abelardo Morell’s life, photographic career, and discusses how the Camera falls into his career. Also, this paper will include an art critic review of his artworks. Abelardo Morell is a renowned Cuban-born photographer in the field of Contemporary photography, known for his invention working methods, including the use of a Camera Obscura that represented by Edwynn Houk Gallery in New York City. He took the Camera Obscura out of the past and bring it toward the future. This paper hopes to give a reader an understanding of Abelardo Morell and Camera Obscura.

You need to be willing to deliver exception Customer Service. An eye for fashion and trends is something you need to succeed in this company, you would need to have a positive attitude as you are dealing with customers and need to be approachable and know how to find the product they are looking

Annie Leibovitz who is considered one of America's best portrait photographers can be recognized by her trademark of bold colours and poses. She focuses on the style of portrait photography. Annie Leibovitz was born October 2nd, 1949 in Waterbury Connecticut. She was born as one of the six children of Samuel Leibovitz, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force and Marilyn Edith, a dance instructor. She began taking photographs when her father was stationed in Philippines during the Vietnam War. She enrolled at the San Francisco Art Institute to study painting. She continued work on her photography skills during this period. Leibovitz is influenced by Richard Avedon and his personal style of developing

At first glance I notice this Irving Penn photograph seems mysterious and blurry, much like a lot of his works of art. He uses the blurring technique to make you wonder more in detail what is going on in the photo. When researching, I found most of his works are portraits unlike Cretan Landscape. Irving Penn was known as a photographer whose classical simplicity transformed the pages of Vogue magazine. There are very few great portraitists, but he is a sort of sorcerer who seems beyond resemblance. Irving Penn’s Cretan Landscape was a rather large photograph at 15.4x22in. However, it still showcases the magnificent artwork that Irving Penn is capable of.

The use of black and white allows for the shadows and light to be accentuated. The use of shadows is especially well executed around the model‘s dark face and contrasting cloth that covers her hair. Penn’s photograph seems to be as if it were geometrical. The white space approach and geometric poses highlighted fashion that seemed made to be photographed as sculptural objects. Similarly, Penn’s fashion photographs surfaced like Figure

The fashion industry is rapidly growing and constantly generating new fashion trends almost weekly. Fashion for some may seem ridiculous and unnecessary; but fashion is not just a meaningless usage of article of clothing or farcical materials sew together for coverage. There is more to fashion than meets the eyes, fashion is precious and significant. It is a reflection of self-image, it speak the ream about who we are and how we review ourselves. Not only is fashion the reflection of self-image but also the reflection of our history as Coco Channel have said, “Fashion is not something that exist in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” Fashion

Avedon played a large role in bringing popularity to fashion photography. Due to Avedon’s pictures being very different from typical pictures, many people were immediately intrigued by his photographs and took a deeper liking towards the fashion industry. From Avedon’s pictures came a new style of clothing across America. Alongside photographing celebrities, Avedon several times branched off to lower class people like carnival workers, working-class Americans, and people with mental disorders in a ploy to raise awareness of the struggles of the less comfortable. “...he began a series of images of patients in mental hospitals.

‘Dovima with Elephants’ is a large format photograph taken by American photographer Richard Avedon in 1955. It is what seems to be a graceful photo of a supermodel of the time posing beautifully with a number of elephants. Over the course of the essay, I will try and dissect the photograph from the dress she is wearing to why she is standing with elephants and explain just why this image is so controversial in today’s standards. Dovima with Elephants was taken in Paris

Fashion is a form of expression and with its ever changing ideas and trends it explores and creates an array of identities. As Bennett, A. (2005) states “Fashion…provides individuals with a key means through which to manage their identities in the context of everyday life”. I wish to explore how fashion has developed to which identities can be created by oneself and what is around in everyday life and culture that may influence choice in dress. Is fashion a form of agency or structure? I will continue these ideas around gender and in particular fashion photography and how in which gender is represented within the popular mainstream media. Looking at if fashion photography plays a role in challenging gender roles, and therefore creating new ideologies of identity. Or, does fashion photography intertwine with the rest of media in its representation and stereotyping of both genders? Helmut Newton will be used as a case study and the interpretation of his work. This study will also look at the theory behind androgyny and continuing by also looking at dandyism and if these concepts are being constantly played with in the fashion media.

When you think of the word fashion, what do you think? Do you think about outrageous runway outfits? Cocktail dresses? Tracksuits? Whatever your impression of fashion, it is obvious that fashion plays an important role in today's society. We are judged by our clothing and appearance on an everyday basis, so why not make the most of our choices?

‘Fashion industry is characterised by short product life cycles, volatile and unpredictable demand, tremendous product variety, long and inflexible supply processes and a complex supply chain.’

I will also be discussing the influence that Elsa Schiaparelli has been having on the distinct creation of surrealism in fashion, focusing

To become a fashion designer there are many duties to take on. One is attending a college that consists of 1 to 4 years of learning for that specific career. Other duties are Learning about textiles, fabrics, and how to make different apparel such as shoes, coats, or clothes and more, having good communication skills and a sense for trend setting as well as a vibe for mix and matching apparels and making them look right.

To some, fashion is an art form. To others, it is life. For most people it is a method of utilizing clothing, accessories and hair. Fashion is a mode to express yourself, to serve as an extension of your personality, or even to disguise your true self (Nellis, 1999).