He Was the Scheherazade of Our Time

Last month, at the opening of the Irving Penn exhibition at the Getty
Center, the celebrated 92 year-old photographer was not in attendance.
We were told that he hates to fly, which shouldn't come as a surprise,
considering his age. Though his exhibition of 210 black and white
photographs is still on view at the museum, the artist himself is no
more; last week brought the sad news of the death of Irving Penn, one
of the most famous photographers of the 20th century...