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Learn about Vogue's longest standing contributor whose work ranged from early documentary scenes, celebrity portraits, workers with the tools of their trades to abstract nudes and fashion studies.
Irving Penn is widely recognized as one of the 20th century’s greatest photographers.
Vogue’s longest-standing contributor, Penn revolutionized fashion photography in the postwar era.
Using neutral backgrounds, he emphasized models’ personalities through their gestures and expressions. The de Young exhibition includes approximately 175 photographs, spanning every period of Penn’s nearly 70-year career.
The Library was designed by the firm of Bull, Stockwell, and Allen. The architectural style is that of the 19th century railroad yard in Tiburon.
The site is part of the landfill of the 1890s done to create the railroad yard. Windows frame views of the marsh lands and Old St. Hilary's Open Space preserve.
The expanded library was designed by Brown Reynolds Watford Architecture and added approximately 9,000 square feet, bringing the total size of the library to about 19,500 square feet.
