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BIOGRAFIE
| 1917 | born in Plainfield, New Jersey |
| 1934 - 1938 | Attends the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art. Studies design with Alexey Brodovitch, art director at Harper's Bazaar, and works as his assistant |
| 1938 | Penn buys his first camera, a Rolleiflex, with earnings from drawings published in the magazine |
| 1938 - 1941 | Works in New York as an art director at Junior League magazine and at Saks Fifth Avenue |
| 1941 - 1942 | Travels through the American South to Mexico to spend a year painting |
| 1943 | Hired at Vogue by art director Alexander Liberman. He encourages Penn to take his first color photograph, a still life, which becomes the October 1 cover. Penn considered this his beginning as a professional photographer |
| 1944 - 1945 | Volunteers with the American Field Service |
| 1946 - 1947 | Back at Vogue, undertakes extensive portrait series of cultural figures |
| 1948 | Travels to France, Italy, Spain, and Peru for Vogue. After completing fashion editorial in Lima, prolongs stay to make portraits of local people in a daylight studio in Cuzco |
| 1949 - 1950 | Photographs a series of nudes which he prints using an experimental process of bleaching and redeveloping |
| 1950 | Striking fashion photographs by Penn appear in Vogue. Many of these feature the Swedish model, Lisa Fonssagrives She and Penn marry in London, shortly after the Paris couture collections |
| 1950 - 1951 | For Small Trades series in Paris, London, and New York, photographs workers with their tools and wares in the studio |
| 1952 | Begins advertising in addition to editorial work. Moves studio to 80 West 40th Street |
| 1960 | Publishes his first book, Moments Preserved. First commercial exhibition of his work at Alexander Iolas Gallery |
| 1965 | Constructs laboratory in barn on Long Island, NY property |
| 1967 | Constructs a portable tent studio for travels |
| 1986 | Begins collaboration with designer Issey Miyake |
| 2009 | died in New York |
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