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.

I can't hold a camera anymore.

If the photographer is interested in the people in front of his lens, and if he is compassionate, it's already a lot. The instrument is not the camera but the photographer.

What you need to be a good photographer is an overwhelming curiosity and a good digestion.

I came to photography by accident.

You can't make a great musician or a great photographer if the magic isn't there.

I found a way of working which pleased me because I didn’t have to frighten people with heavy equipment. It was that little black box and me.