Electrician, New York

Creator

American Photographer · 1917–2009

During the summers of 1937 and 1938, Irving Penn, then an art student in Philadelphia, worked at *Harper's Bazaar* magazine as a gofer hoping to one day have his drawings included in the publication. To his surprise, the magazine did publish one of his drawings in 1937; the following year, Penn moved to New York after graduation and began a freelance career as a commercial artist. In 1943 he was h