Fine art photographer - Irving Penn

Irving Penn (June 16, 1917 - October 7, 2009) was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lives  Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake, and Clinique. His work has been exhibited internationally, and continues to inform the art of photography. Mouth is characteristic of Penn's later work, which Broun describes as increasingly insistent, transgressive, even violent. He quoted that "however dazzling and fun and joyful the colour [of the lipsticks], there's a kind of slashing approach to the way they're applied". This piece can be found in the American Art Museum (New York, 1986). 

I agree with Bourn in that it looks as though the lip products have been applied aggressively as there is more gloss than necessary in a pile on the model's bottom lip, and there's slashes of the colours that have been carelessly applied across the subject's mouth which could have the connotation of how not all make up brings out the best in people; for example, it has a negative side for how it makes young females believe that the way models look in magazines is how they should also look. This isn't the way young girls should think; as it brings out their insecurities, which is another theme that make up explores. The denotation of this image is the subject simply modelling a variety of lip products, to perhaps advertise a brands certain colours.