Irving Penn

 

Irving Penn was an American photographer born on June 16th 1917 in Plainfield, NJ. He passed on October 7th 2009 in Manhatten, New York, NY. He had an extensive career working with Vogue Magazine and won the Hasselblad Award. 

I chose this photo because it is similar to the style of photos that I was trying to take. It has vast expression, even in the body language. Her face says so much without her having to say a word. And her slanted back posture defends the statement she is silently making. To me, she is exerting "you did this wrong" sort of vibes. I chose Irving Penn to inspire my self-portraits because of his experience in studio taking images. I wanted to capture the glamour and intrigue that Penn captures in all of his images. 

Judy Dater

Judy Dater is an American photographer. She was born on June 21th 1941 in Los Angeles, CA. She has won the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada.

The inspiration for me choosing Judy Dater was her photo essay in which she portrayed the roles as a woman is supposed to play in her pictures. I did a similar thing in which I portrayed how college student are and are expected to be, but I also decided to add a panel of what results of these expectations placed on college students.