Irving Penn: Works 1939–2007. Masterpieces from the MEP Collection
Presented by DIOR
From the collection of MEP, Paris (Maison Européenne de la Photographie) in collaboration with The Irving Penn Foundation
Curated by Simon Baker

Venue： Kyoto City Museum of Art Annex
Location：13 Okazaki Saishoji-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto

Scenography-Design Concept
Re-presenting the scene that the great photographer Irving Penn once tried to capture.
The venue, the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art Annex, is an RC Japanese-style construction built in the 1930s as the East Wing of the Kyoto Municipal Public Hall, now renovated into a modern exhibition hall with white cubic exhibition rooms.
The aim of our design was to properly present each of the original prints, but also to allow visitors to feel the perspective and discovery of composition that Penn would have seen at the time. The triangular wall, which resembles a shooting set, was inspired by the set Penn used for his photographs.
Throughout, visitors experience themselves as viewers, subjects and photographers alongside the artworks. By crossing these different perspectives, people would be able to catch a glimpse of Penn's world.

Design：Katsuhiko Endo ／Koyo Tonosaki／Shoichi Ishimura
Photo:(c)Takeshi Asano – KYOTOGRAPHIE2022

Related links
「KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival 2022」
Scenography Design for American Photographer Irving Penn