I came to photography by accident.

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.

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

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

I didn't want to be a woman photographer. That would limit me. I wanted to be a photographer who was a woman, with all the world open to my camera.

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 can't hold a camera anymore.