My Life: The Early Years

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Commercial pho ography Commercial pho ographic images are a major i gredie of our visual life, assimila ed from magazi es, hoardi gs a d such co ex s as brochures, ca alogues, cale dars, packagi g a d poi -of-sale promo io al ma erial. Commercial pho ography hrives as a mea s of crea i g highly polished images of a s ylized, glamourized a d idealized view of he World i order o sell a produc or a service. he major ca egories of commercial pho ography are adver isi g i i s cou less guises, i cludi g produc pho ography a d pho o-illus ra io , fashio , beau y a d cer ai ca egories of pho ography which are ei her repor age or aspire o be fi e ar , ye which ca be fasci a i g social docume s of co siderable aes he ic quali y. Irvi g Pe has co i ued o be a mas er i each of hese ge res a d has se s a dards o which ma y aspire. His career has spa ed for y years, duri g which his work, from his early fashio a d s ill-life composi io s o curre s ill-life produc s udies such as his series for he cosme ics ma ufac urers Cli ique, has show a i imi able visio a d co sis e aes he ic rigour.