Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/21

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Subject: [Leica] Irving Penn
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:04:43 +0100

Went to the National Portrait Gallery to see their current exhibition of Penn
portraits (well, what else at the NPG). Hardly surprising that there were 
some
wonderful portraits: Grace Kelly, P?re Lavourier, Cocteau, The Grateful Dead 
and
Big Brother (all alive at that point), Beaton, Woody Allen and many, many 
more.

Wonderful portraits in a slightly cramped space (but that is par for the 
NPG).
Terrible, terrible catalogue selling for GBP 30, with only 30 of about 100
pictures shown (all of the above except Allen missing) and what was present
lacked any information about the sitter(s), the history of the picture etc 
etc -
all of which was present on the walls of the exhibition.

See the exhibition, don't bother with the catalogue

Peter
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