Dorothy Straight

Irving Penn (1917-2009), one of the undisputed masters of twentieth-century photography, is known for his iconic images of haute couture and still life, but also, and above all, for his magnificent portraits of the artists, writers and celebrities who marked the cultural landscape of their time.

Dorothy Straight (born in 1958) is one of the youngest authors ever to have been published. In response to the question from her grandmother, Dorothy Payne Whitney, as to who created the world, Dorothy wrote and illustrated a book titled How the World Began – at the age of four. Pantheon published the book two years later.

This photograph was shown for the first time by Pinault Collection in 2023 during the exhibition “Irving Penn, Artists' Portraits”, Villa Les Roches Brunes, Dinard.