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This book is a portrait photo collection of workers in London, Paris, and New York, taken in the early days of photographer Irving Penn in 1950-51 and introduced in the 1st photo book "Moment Preserved". Published for the 2009 exhibition at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Irving Penn, who has been active as a Vogue photographer for a long time since the 1940s and has established an era as a fashion photographer and artist with Richard Avedon. In Japan, Issey Miyake's collection of photographs and the masterpiece "Flowers", which emphasizes the beauty and vitality of flowers, are particularly famous. Penn's portraits are characterized by his photography style that makes effective use of natural light against a simple white-gray background, further emphasizing the original beauty of the subject. In addition, "Small Trades" is also attractive because you can compare the work clothes and tools of workers with different styles in each country and feel the difference in functional beauty and root culture.