Think in terms of images and words. They can be mighty powerful when they are fitted together properly.

I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty.

You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery.

The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer.

Think in terms of images and words. They can be mighty powerful when they are fitted together properly.

Nothing came easy. I was just born with a need to explore every part of my mind. And with long searching and hard work, I became devoted to my restlessness.

I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty. I could have just as easily picked up a knife or a gun, like many of my childhood friends did... most of whom were murdered or put in prison... but I chose not to go that way. I felt that I could somehow subdue these evils by doing something beautiful that people recognize me by, and thus make a whole different life for myself, which has proved to be so.