Avedon shared Penn's mastery of black and white studio portraiture and figure studies, using stark lighting and precise composition to transform human subjects into almost sculptural presences. His fashion and figurative work from the same mid century period demonstrates the same elegant modernist sensibility and meticulous technical craft seen in this gelatin silver print.

Weston's celebrated nude and figure studies in black and white photography share Penn's approach of rendering the human body with an almost abstract sculptural quality through dramatic light and shadow. His gelatin silver prints of the female form similarly blur the boundary between living subject and art object, elevating figure photography to fine art.

Horst's studio based black and white figure and fashion photography from Paris and New York shares Penn's characteristic elegance, precision, and sculptural treatment of the human form through controlled artificial lighting. His limited edition prints from the same mid century era reflect the same sophisticated modernist aesthetic and Parisian sensibility present in this work.