I feed on art more than I ever do on photographs. I can admire photography, but I wouldn't go to it out of hunger.
Irving PennA good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective.
Irving PennI am a professional photographer because it is the best way I know to earn the money I require to take care of my wife and children.
Irving PennI can get obsessed by anything if i look at it long enough. That's the curse of being a photographer.
Irving Penn