Corner Portraits, by Irving Penn
‘Irving Penn (1917 – 2009) was an American photographer known for his portraiture and fashion photography. He was among the first photographers to pose subjects against a simple grey or white backdrop. Expanding his austere studio surroundings, Penn constructed a set of upright angled backdrops, to form a stark, acute corner.’
- Wikipedia
Mrs. William Rhinelander Stewart …
Thank you to the Irving Penn foundation
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After seeing some of these a dozen times, it’s only just now that I noticed something: What’s with the strings on the floor? I find it hard to believe a photographer with Penn’s attention to detail would miss them, so are they deliberately placed there? I wonder what’s the story there?