I wanted to be a painter, somewhere between Abstract Expressionism and Pop.

War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.

Photography has the power to undo your assumptions about the world.

My success is not measured in money. I have no financial security, I have no savings account. I measure my success by asking myself if I’m telling a story that the world needs to hear, if I am educating people.

The last chapter in any successful genocide is the one in which the oppressor can remove their hands and say, 'My God, what are these people doing to themselves? They're killing each other. They're killing themselves while we watch them die.' This is how we came to own these United States. This is the legacy of manifest destiny.

I'm not sure how to describe my style. A lot of my work is dark and looks a bit sad, which is strange because I'm such a smiley, over-the-top positive guy who wears gold shoes most days.

I want to tell you what it was really like to think death is imminent, but I can't. It's a taste in your mouth. And an emptiness.