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

I'd become sort of involved in things that were happening to people. No matter what color they be, whether they be Indians, or Negroes, the poor white person or anyone who was I thought more or less getting a bad shake.

Photography was my choice of weapons.

I do find a certain fascination with the unpredictable. The transitory years we wade through are what they are- what we make of them.

The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.

The camera could be a very powerful instrument against discrimination, against poverty, against racism.

I think most people can do a whole lot more if they just try.