Irving Penn Professions : Photographer Born : June 16, 1917 Died : October 7, 2009 Browse All Authors Top 23 quotes by Irving Penn Over the years I must have spent thousands of hours silently brushing on the liquid coatings, preparing each sheet in anticipation of reaching the perfect print. Irving Penn liquid perfect years Sensitive people faced with the prospect of a camera portrait put on a face they think is the one they would like to show to the world... Every so often what lies behind the facade is rare and more wonderful than the subject knows or dares to believe. Irving Penn face believe people world I have always stood in awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel. Irving Penn instrument camera always awe Similar Authors Inge Morath photographer Bert Stern photographer Brent Stirton photographer Bunny Yeager photographer Burt Glinn photographer Bruno Barbey photographer All Authors