The Resume

(June 16, 1917-October 7, 2009)
Born in Plainfield, New Jersey
Known for his fashion photography and portraits
Photographed 158 covers for 'Vogue' (1943-2004)
Married model Lisa Fonssagrives (1950-92)
Brother of director Arthur Penn

Why he might be annoying:

He started out as a painter; he scraped the paint off his early canvases to use them as backdrops for his photos.
He said that when he started at 'Vogue,' 'I didn't know Balenciaga from a baseball player.'
He was a perfectionist, who for an illustration of a lemon, examined 500 lemons before choosing one, then photographed it over a hundred times before he was satisfied.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was an ambulance driver in Italy and India during World War II.
He was the photographer with the longest tenure at publisher Conde Nast -- over sixty years.
To produce the velvety tones of his photos, he taught himself a turn-of-the-20th-century development process that used platinum instead of conventional silver.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 82]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [June] (Ranked: 6161917)
• I Died in 2009 (Ranked: 92)
• Look at Me, I've Got a Camera Too
• Photographers
• Profiles 51501-51750 (Ranked: 51696)
• Served in World War II
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20091007)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying