"In 1950, the master photographer Irving Penn began a landmark series of portraits that documented skilled workers of various professions. Called Small Trades, the pictures captured tradespeople of all kinds—street cleaners and headwaiters, ballet dancers and hot dog vendors, basketball players and lorry washers—in Paris, London and New York, all photographed with the tools of their trade and exhibiting visible pride in their work. Penn knew that many of these trades would eventually disappear, and the images created an indelible portrait of work in the mid-20th century."
I don't have words to say how brilliant his photographs are! He's one of the masters of photography and will always be an inspiration to me! The text is also very good. Because the photo is B&W the text colour works really well. Both his name and the name of the book stand out, they are like Yin & Yang.
Really nice portraits on both sides.
There is an introduction to the book.It looks neat. Maybe the font is a little bit small but a big one wouldn't be right either. It would ruin everything.
Great book, great images, brilliant artist!!! One of my favourites!!
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