A documentary photograph is not a factual photograph.

I many times encountered courage, real courage. Undeniable courage. I've heard it said that that was the highest quality of the human animal. I encountered that many times, in unexpected places. And I have learned to recognize it when I see it.

One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.

No country has ever closely scrutinized itself visually ... I know what we could make of it if people only thought we could dare look at ourselves.

To me, beauty appears when one feels deeply, and art is an act of total attention.

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

Photography today appears to be in a state of flight... The familiar is made strange, the unfamiliar grotesque. The amateur forces his Sundays into a series of unnatural poses.