Small Trades series

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The Small Trades series is a celebrated collection of studio portraits by photographer Irving Penn depicting workers in their occupational clothing and with their tools, highlighting the dignity and character of everyday laborers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf photographic series
portrait series
artisticFocus character of everyday laborers
dignity of everyday laborers
copyrightHolder The Irving Penn Foundation NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Irving Penn NERFINISHED
depicts workers in occupational clothing
workers with their tools
genre portrait photography
studio photography
hasAuthor Irving Penn NERFINISHED
hasCollectionItemIn The Art Institute of Chicago NERFINISHED
The Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED
The Museum of Modern Art NERFINISHED
hasPart portraits of artisans
portraits of bakers
portraits of butchers
portraits of fishmongers
portraits of street cleaners
portraits of waiters
hasPublication Small Trades (photobook) NERFINISHED
hasTheme dignity in work
identity
manual labor
social class
inception 1950
influenced later portrait photography of workers
influencedBy documentary photography traditions
languageOfWork none (visual work)
locationOfCreation London NERFINISHED
New York City NERFINISHED
Paris NERFINISHED
mainSubject labor
occupational portraits
workers
movement modern photography
notableCharacteristic direct frontal poses
emphasis on clothing and tools
full-length portraits
minimalist backgrounds
notableWorkOf Irving Penn NERFINISHED
partOf Irving Penn’s oeuvre NERFINISHED
photographicProcess black-and-white photography
setting studio backdrop
startTime 1950

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Irving Penn notableWork Small Trades series