Going to the Irving Penn exhibition I was a lil bit sceptical as I had never seen any of his work in an exhibition before, and I had only ever seen a few of his photographs before. But I had heard good things about it and decided to go even thought it wasn't a free exhibition.
Going into the main hall, there where alot of fashion photographers portraits and a few nudes. I didn't really like the nudes all that much at first , but I liked the lighting and the tone of some of the images. I later found out that the images in this room where all daylight only. This in fact made me like the images more as I really like natural lighting to studio lighting. I liked how the images where all presents also, in nice silver frames.
In the second room the picture that really caught my attention was the Salvador Dali portrait. As I am a fan of Salvador Dali anyway, I liked the portrait as I think he is such an interesting person to look at. He almost looks like someone out of his paintings or sculptures... surreal and cartoon-like. In this room there where a few more portraits including Alfred Hitchcock, which where all really sharp.
Going to the exhibition, having not really seen much of his work, I can say I do enjoy some of his work, and would recommend the exhibition, even if you have to pay a small price to enter. My favourite image of his would defiantly be the Salvador Dali portrait. The lighting, the tone and mood and even the back round fits perfectly to show Dali in his own light. Which is actually a known trait of Penn, as he apparently can take any man, woman or child and photograph them and make them all unique. (See reference)
References -
- http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2002/01/16/29565.html
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