Only powerfully conceived images have the ability to penetrate the memory, to stay there, in short to become unforgettable.

The wall, safe haven for what is forbidden, gives a voice to all those who would, without it, be condemned to silence

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

Only powerfully conceived images have the ability to penetrate the memory, to stay there, in short to become unforgettable.

Photography in our time leaves us with a grave responsibility. While we are playing in our studios with broken flowerpots, oranges, nude studies and still lifes, one day we know that we will be brought to account: life is passing before our eyes without our ever having seen a thing.

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

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.