Photographs of Dahomey (1967)

Irving Penn
9783775714495 / 3775714499
Photographs of Dahomey (1967)

Photographs of Dahomey (1967)

Irving Penn
9783775714495 / 3775714499
Publisher Hatje Cantz 2004
Edition Hardcover , 80 pages
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Irving Penn is one of the most noteworthy photographers of the twentieth century, best known for his inimitable fashion and portrait photographs, as well as his unique still lifes. In 1967, Penn traveled on assignment from the American fashion journal Vogue to Dahomey in western Africa, now the Republic of Benin. His portraits of natives taken in a portable studio built especially for the occasion reflect Penn’s fascination with foreign cultures, as do his photographs of culturally significant clay figures dedicated primarily to the voodoo god Legba. 35 years after their publication in Vogue, Irving Penn presents these portraits of tribal people and his photographs of Legba altars in book form for the first time. With texts by leading anthropologists and Irving Penn himself, this volume is an extraordinary photographic document of African culture, from a master recorder of our time.

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Book title Photographs of Dahomey (1967)
Photographer Irving Penn
ISBN 10 3775714499 / 3-7757-1449-9       
ISBN 13 9783775714495 / 978-3-7757-1449-5
Publisher Hatje Cantz
Publish date Sep 2004
Publish year 2004
Book format Hardcover
Book format details clothbound
Language English
Pages 80 pages
Number of photographs 31 illustrations
Dimensions 22,2 x 24,8 cm / 8.5 x 9.5 inches

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