Two influential photographers who shot indelible images for Vogue come in focus this fall. Lesley University’s Lunder Arts Center is hosting the only New England stop for Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty, the first Penn retrospective in nearly 20 years. Pulled from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection, the 146 photographs include his famed fashion photos along with 1930s street scenes, shots from his 1940s travels through the South (like 1941’s Young Boy, Pause Pause, shown here), still-life work, portraits of the likes of Salvador Dali and a never-before-seen video of the photographer in action. It’s all on view now through Nov. 19, but make sure you’re camera-ready for a special event on Oct. 1, when Lesley photography faculty will be taking free Penn-style portraits of gallery goers. Then from Oct. 7 through March 26, the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum presents Edward Steichen: Twentieth-Century Photographer, showcasing early Pictorialist photos, celebrity portraits, cityscapes and commercial work for Condé Nast by a multihyphenate talent often credited with the conducting the first modern fashion shoot way back in 1911.
THE IMPROPER’S 2016 FALL ARTS PREVIEW: DANCE | THEATER | MUSIC | COMEDY
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By Jacqueline Houton | Photo Credit: Young Boy, Pause Pause © The Irving Penn Foundation | Sept. 16, 2016
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Two influential photographers who shot indelible images for Vogue come in focus this fall. Lesley University’s Lunder Arts Center is hosting the only New England stop for Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty, the first Penn retrospective in nearly 20 years. Pulled from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection, the 146 photographs include his famed fashion photos along with 1930s street scenes, shots from his 1940s travels through the South (like 1941’s Young Boy, Pause Pause, shown here), still-life work, portraits of the likes of Salvador Dali and a never-before-seen video of the photographer in action. It’s all on view now through Nov. 19, but make sure you’re camera-ready for a special event on Oct. 1, when Lesley photography faculty will be taking free Penn-style portraits of gallery goers. Then from Oct. 7 through March 26, the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum presents Edward Steichen: Twentieth-Century Photographer, showcasing early Pictorialist photos, celebrity portraits, cityscapes and commercial work for Condé Nast by a multihyphenate talent often credited with the conducting the first modern fashion shoot way back in 1911.
THE IMPROPER’S 2016 FALL ARTS PREVIEW: DANCE | THEATER | MUSIC | COMEDY
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