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Although he was most famous for photographs of glamorous models -- including a black-and-white, nude Gisele Bundchen -- he brought the same graceful simplicity and accuracy to pictures of Peruvian peasants or New Guinea tribesmen.
"Instead of spontaneity, Mr Penn provided the illusion of a seance, his gaze precisely describing the profile of a Balenciaga coat or of a Moroccan djellaba in a way that could almost mesmerize the viewer," The New York Times said in an obituary.
"Nothing escaped the edges of his photographs unless he commanded it."
His photographs regularly fetch tens of thousands of dollars under the hammer. An auction scheduled at Christie's in New York on Thursday was to feature some 15 prints by Penn.
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"Instead of spontaneity, Mr Penn provided the illusion of a seance, his gaze precisely describing the profile of a Balenciaga coat or of a Moroccan djellaba in a way that could almost mesmerize the viewer," The New York Times said in an obituary.
"Nothing escaped the edges of his photographs unless he commanded it."
His photographs regularly fetch tens of thousands of dollars under the hammer. An auction scheduled at Christie's in New York on Thursday was to feature some 15 prints by Penn.
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