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Peter Hamill, New York

1970
(American, 1917–2009)
America
gelatin silver print, contact sheet
Paper: 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.)
Gift from the Collection of Mark Schwartz + Bettina Katz 2020.57
© The Irving Penn Foundation
Location: not on view
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Journalist Peter Hamill became close friends with Robert F. Kennedy while covering the civil rights movement in Brooklyn and was with Kennedy when he was assassinated.

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One of Vogue’s top photographers, Irving Penn was known for his arresting portraits of celebrities. He would often expose up to 10 rolls of film, or 120 frames, to make a single portrait. They were first printed as contact sheets—pieces of photographic paper containing positive prints the same size as the negatives—so that the artist could select the ones to be enlarged. Occasionally, Penn would give the contact sheets as gifts once the final image was selected.
Peter Hamill, New York

Peter Hamill, New York

1970

Irving Penn

(American, 1917–2009)
America

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