IRVING PENN 1917 - Photographing a cake can be art, Irving Penn asserted when he opened his studio in 1953. Before long he was backing up his statement with a series of advertising illustrations that created a new high standard in the field and established a reputation that has kept him in the top bracket ever since. Penn has won renown as much in editorial photography as in advertising ...

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Aerial View of MFAH Aker/Zvonkovic Houston, TX 713-639-7300 http://www.mfah.org Irving Penn, A Career in Photography Over one-hundred vintage and master prints spanning the extraordinary career of Irving Penn, one of America's most celebrated photographers, will be on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston beginning March 25, 2000 through June 4, 2000. Irving ...