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

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 photographer begins to feel big and bloated and so big he can't walk through one of these doors because he gets a good byline; he gets notices all over the world and so forth; but they're really - the important people are the people he photographs.

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life

I think maybe the rural influence in my life helped me in a sense, of knowing how to get close to people and talk to them and get my work done.

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

But I was very disappointed that I didn't get a chance to go overseas with that group, might not have gotten back but I wanted very much to go because there's not much of a record of the exploits of the first Negro fighter group.