I have been poor and I wanted to document poverty; I had lost a child and I was obsessed with birth; I was interested in politics and I wanted to know how it affected our lives; I am a woman and I wanted to know about women.

Themes recur again and again in my work.

What do you hang on the walls of your mind?

What has changed is that when I photographed, most people that I photographed didn't have the right of refusal on their work. It would take a Marilyn Monroe at her height to be able to dictate that.

It doesn't matter if you use a box camera or you use a Leica; the important thing is what motivates you when you are photographing.

What I have tried to do is involve the people I was photographing... if they were willing to give, I was willing to photograph.

I think if I ever get satisfied, I’ll have to stop. It’s the frustration that drives you.