Irving Penn at the Grand Palais

I was going into Paris yesterday evening to meet up with some friends ... two French, an Argentinean and a Danish lady - a very international get-together! Anyway, I thought I'd slip in a exhibition beforehand and so went to see Irving Penn at the Grand Palais. What a wonderful selection of photographs. For me, his best were his black and white portraits from the fifties. Especially that 'Girl with Tobacco on Tongue'. I love it.

[Wylie]

lovely POV, sounds like a great exhibition. Great you managed to sneak it in.

[photogq]

thanks for sharing the photo... wish I could have joined you.

[Margaret Brown]

Sounds like a nice exhibition, nice pov and textures

[Taffy]

You'e created such a grand view with the low POV and verticality.

[Kathy]

I, too, like the POV. I'll bet the exhibition was wonderful. The photo you like so well is so...Audrey Hepburn.

[KWind]

Great POV!

[Leslie]

sounds like a wonderful place .

[Gayle]

Awesome POV! I was curious about the 'Girl with Tobacco on Tongue' photo so I googled it...yes, definitely a special photo. Interesting tidbit of information...the model for the photograph, Mary Jane Russell, did not smoke and the process of taking the photograph made her physically sick.

[Issi Bannerman]

@gaylewood Thank you Gayle ... I actually hadn't realised that about Mary Jane Russell. How interesting! I used your information for today's post - I just had to post the photo!

[Sally Ings]

Great pov. Sounds like it is a wonderful exhibition