Life in monochrome. The fashion photography of Irving Penn, who joined Vogue in 1943 and became one of their most significant fashion photographers. Taking style out of the studio and into the streets, using his personally and meticulously invented, platinum-palladium print technique. 1. Photograph by Irving Penn. Portrait of Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn wearing a Harlequin Dress designed by Jerry Parnis. Published in American Vogue, 1 April 1950. 2. The Chicken Hat, Irving Penn, United States, 1948 3. The Tarot Reader; Vogue's Eye View of Diablerie, Irving Penn, United States, 1949 4. ‘Café in Lima’ 1948. Part of a Vogue assignment, published on 15 February 1949