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.

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.

Photographers stop photographing a subject too soon before they have exhausted the possibilities.

Being disabled gave me an immense advantage. People are kinder to you. It puts you on a different level than if you go into a situation whole and secure.

go in over your head, not just up to your neck.

I've never not been sure that I was a photographer any more than you would not be sure you were yourself. I was a photographer, or wanting to be a photographer, or beginning - but some phase of photographer I've always been.