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Transcript: Photographer Irving Penn Remembered
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- October 7, 2009
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MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
10-07-2009
Photographer Irving Penn Remembered
Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time 21:00-22:00 PM
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MELISSA BLOCK, host:
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.
MICHELE NORRIS, host:
And I'm Michele Norris.
Irving Penn created dramatic, black-and-white photographs of some of the most famous artists of the 20th century: Georgia O'Keeffe, Igor Stravinsky, Marcel Duchamp. The images became iconic, instantly recognizable for their style. Penn's sense of style also helped him become a noted fashion photographer, primarily for Vogue magazine. The photographer died today at his home in Manhattan. He was 92 years old.
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