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"Irving Penn: Centennial"—Curatorial Selection Process

Jeff Rosenheim, curator in charge of the Department of Photographs at The Met, and Maria Morris Hambourg, independent curator and former curator in charge of the Department of Photographs at The Met, were filmed at The Irving Penn Foundation making their selections for the Irving Penn: Centennial exhibition.

In September 2015, Jeff Rosenheim, curator in charge of the Department of Photographs at The Met, and Maria Morris Hambourg, independent curator and former curator in charge of the Department of Photographs at The Met, were filmed at The Irving Penn Foundation making their selections for the Irving Penn: Centennial exhibition.

Produced in conjunction with the exhibition Irving Penn: Centennial, on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from April 24 through July 30, 2017.

Credits
Director and Producer: Kate Farrell
Editor: Sarah Cowan
Interviewer: Christopher Noey
Camera: Wayne De La Roche, Dia Felix
Jib Operator: Kelly Richardson
Lighting Director: Ned Hallick
Gaffer: Foster McLaughlin
Sound Recording: Thomas Meyers
Original Music: Austin Fisher
Audio Postproduction: David Raymond
Production Coordinator: Lisa Rifkind
Production Assistant: Karlie Efinger

Irving Penn photographs:
© The Irving Penn Foundation
© Condé Nast

© 2017 The Metropolitan Museum of Art


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