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.

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

The precise instant of creation is when you choose the subject. (meaning that the essential thing occurs at the moment when he, the photographer, meets the reality he wishes to capture.

After twenty years you can begin to be sure of what camera will do.

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.

Photography is the very conscience of painting. It constantly reminds the later of what it must not do.