Young Quechuan Man, Cuzco

Irving Penn

December 1948, printed 1949 · Gelatin silver print · Photographs

In Cuzco, Penn photographed both residents and visitors who came to the city from nearby villages with goods to sell or barter at the Christmastime fiestas. Many arrived at the studio to sit for their annual family portraits. Penn later recalled that they “found me instead of him [the local photographer] waiting for them, and instead of paying me for the pictures it was I who paid them for posing.”

Artist

Irving Penn

Date

December 1948, printed 1949

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Gift of The Irving Penn Foundation, 2019