If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.

I had in mind a long career.

I realise that I had the best of serious picture journalism. There was an innocence in our approach, especially in the 1950s and 1960s when we naively believed that by holding a mirror up to the world we could help - no matter how little - to make people aware of the human condition.

I can't hold a camera anymore.

I realize that I had the best of serious picture journalism.

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

Lesson number one: Pay attention to the intrusion of the camera.