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The Story
On assignment for Vogue in the 1950s and 1960s, Penn (19172009) traveled the world as an 'ambulant studio photographer', setting up a tent and photographing the people of Cuzco, Crete, Extremadura, Dahomey, Cameroon, San Francisco, Nepal, New Guinea, and Morocco. There is as well his photoessay on the 'small trades' of Paris, London and NYC. A photobook masterpiece of the late 20th century.Clothbound hardcover in a pictorial dust jacket. 96 pages; 76 b&w photographic platesmost fullpageincluding text illustrations and photographs of Penn at work by his wife, Lisa FonssagrivesPenn; 11 x 11 inches.
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On assignment for Vogue in the 1950s and 1960s, Penn (19172009) traveled the world as an 'ambulant studio photographer', setting up a tent and photographing the people of Cuzco, Crete, Extremadura, Dahomey, Cameroon, San Francisco, Nepal, New Guinea, and Morocco. There is as well his photoessay on the 'small trades' of Paris, London and NYC. A photobook masterpiece of the late 20th century.Clothbound hardcover in a pictorial dust jacket. 96 pages; 76 b&w photographic platesmost fullpageincluding text illustrations and photographs of Penn at work by his wife, Lisa FonssagrivesPenn; 11 x 11 inches.
