I realize more and more what it takes to be a really good photographer. You go in over your head, not just up to your neck.

No country has ever closely scrutinized itself visually.

I had to get my camera to register things that were more important than how poor they were--their pride, their strength, their spirit.

You put your camera around your neck along with putting on your shoes, and there it is, an appendage of the body that shares your life with you. The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.

I believe that what we call beautiful is generally a by-product.

Photography is a lot like telling a large predatory cat what to do-while an audience of people you can't see watches you.

Seeing is more than a physiological phenomenon... We see not only with our eyes but with all that we are and all that our culture is. The artist is a professional see-er.