After attending the Irvin Penn exhibit, I found the portraits and still images very compelling. The black and white images with people both dressed in classy-classic wear, and blue collar work capture the essence of the people very well. However, I found the deconstructed camera piece very interesting because it was both chaotic but organized in a way that a viewer can understand.

My favorite piece was the multicolored picture of a woman’s lip with different shades of paint or makeup on it. The picture portrays various colors each identifying various personas of her own identity. In my mind the contrast represent different emotions that a woman can have. The way that the makeup is applied also makes me uncomfortable. The pictures of the poppies also were very great because of the great use of white space to emphasize the “bland” colors of the actual image.