PASSAGE

By Irving Penn

From Dust cover: At age 74, reflecting on a career that spans more than half a century, one of the foremost photographers of our time has brought together for this book the images that most powerfully speak for him over the years. He has accompanied them with his own recollections.

This book is an excellent one to understand the grand master of photography Irving Penn, the breath of his work, his approach to his work and to life. The images in this book, chosen by the artist himself as a retrospective of his work, shows the consistency of his demanding style that was so revolutionary . The foreword by Alexander Liberman, who was the editorial director of the Conde Nast Publications shares his 48 years collaboration with Irving Penn in a way that brings a clear understanding of the photographer.