I don't invent anything. I imagine everything... most of the time, I have drawn my images from the daily life around me. I think that it is by capturing reality in the humblest, most sincere, most everyday way I can, that I can penetrate to the extraordinary.

It is not sociologists who provide insights but photographers of our sort who are observers at the very center of their times. I have always felt strongly that this was the photographer's true vocation.

For me the criterion of a good photograph is that it is unforgettable.

I don't invent anything. I imagine everything... most of the time, I have drawn my images from the daily life around me. I think that it is by capturing reality in the humblest, most sincere, most everyday way I can, that I can penetrate to the extraordinary.

To me photography must suggest, not insist or explain.

The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own.

A poor photographer meets chance one out of a hundred times and a good photographer meets chance all the time.