Penn's dancer series..have you seen prints?

[jtk]

https://www.swanngalleries.com/news/photographs-and-photobooks/2010/11/irving-penn-alexandra-beller/

Has anybody here seen these prints? Unusual for Irving Penn...

 

[jtk]

Press — ALEXANDRA BELLER

alexandrabeller.com

 

[Pieter12]

I believe those two were in the Smithsonian show, “Beyond Beauty.” I saw it a few years ago when it came to San Diego.

 

[jtk]

What do you recall about the prints, Vs what you might usually expect from Penn ?

 

[Pieter12]

The quality of the prints was what I have come to expect from Penn. If I recall correctly there was some blur to the subject, maybe trying to indicated motion. It could have been a longer ambient exposure combined with strobe. She had an unusual physique and I don’t think the photos were meant to be straightforward. I’ll have to go back to the book and take another look.

 

[jtk]

I don't understand her physique, per Penn, vs her images on her several websites. Did she change profoundly? Are those the same person? I guess I'm asking about the online photos Vs the prints.