Artists are controlled by the life that beats in them, like the ocean beats on the shore.

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

You know there are moments such as these when time stands still and all you do is hold your breath and hope it will wait for you.

It is not enough to photograph the obviously picturesque.

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

It is no accident that the photographer becomes a photographer any more than the lion tamer becomes a lion tamer.

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.