Irving Penn. Vegetable Face(B), New York, 1995. Pigment print
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Irving Penn. Poppy: Glowing Embers, New York, 1968.
Flower Pleats (Issey Miyake Design), New York, 1990.
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Tel. +81(0) 3-3475-2121_______________I've alreay told you about Irving Penn here, this time it's about an exhibition called Visual Dialogue between him and Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake (whom I've also talked previously about here). It is held in Tokyo at the 21_21 Design Sight until the 8th of April 2012. Too bad I missed it this summer!In 1963, Vogue asked Penn to photograph Miyake's clothes for an editorial. The perspective in these photographs startled Miyake as he suddenly saw his designs through a totally new set of eyes. Over the next 13 years, Penn photographed the Issey Miyake collections. Miyake never attended the photo sessions but instead chose to entrust the vision of his clothes entirely to Penn. The unusual decision to offer Penn complete freedom gave rise to an incredible "visual dialogue" between the two artists.