I had known poverty firsthand, but there I learned how to fight its evil - along with the evil of racism - with a camera.

I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera.

I bought my first camera in Seattle, Washington. Only paid about seven dollars and fifty cents for it.

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.

Use anger to emotionalize whatever thing you intend to do in life - being a painter, a poet or a photographer

I had known poverty firsthand, but there I learned how to fight its evil - along with the evil of racism - with a camera.

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