Oct 9, 2009
Cartagena, Colombia
Elevation 2m
I had a moment this morning to read through the headlines from these last couple of days and to my surprise, I found out that Mr Irving Penn had passed away on Wednesday at the age of 92. He is one of my favorit photographers from that generation and also the last surviving one. Both Mr Richard Avedon and Helmut Newton passed away in these past couple of years.
I once asked my friend Jay Maisel if he has ever had a chance to meet Mr Penn, Jay being a famous photographer in his own right. Jay said that his path and Mr Penn has never really crossed but they both know of one another and have had several phone conversations. He said in one of his conversations with Mr Penn, Jay expressed a desire to meet. Mr Penn then told him that he was not recieving guests as there is still so much photographs that he wants to take and he has so little time left.
Mr Penn´s dedication made me speechless.
There is a nice article about Mr Iriving Penn´s life and works in the New York Times if you are interested.
