Rachel Carson, Washington D.C.
Irving Penn
July 1951, printed before 1959 · Gelatin silver print · Photographs
A marine biologist and naturalist, Carson warned against overuse of the chemical DDT for pest control. Her book Silent Spring (1962) ignited the modern environmental movement.
- Artist
- Irving Penn
- Date
- July 1951, printed before 1959
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Department
- Photographs
- Credit line
- Gift of The Irving Penn Foundation, 2021
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