A brush with the great Irving Penn

At the risk of making this blog seem like a bunch of obits, the death of Irving Penn reminded me of my brief interaction with him back in the mid 1980’s when I moved to New York and was looking for work as a photo assistant. Mr. Penn had served in the army in North Africa during WWII with my uncle. I contacted Mr. Penn asking to meet using my Uncle Bob as a reference and received a very nice note.