What I strive to do through my work, is to teach compassion. You need to have a lot of it, in this day and time, and it's lacking.

The photograph is to a great degree evidence of the conversation I had with the person. It's a part of my visual diary.

When you look at my photos, just look into the eyes of my subjects. The eyes say so much.

For me, the stars are the invisible people on the street that people don't really get a chance to know.

I do believe in angels and I believe that a lot of these people I'm supposed to meet. The photograph serves as evidence; it causes me to reflect on when I met this person.

There is just something about the common being. My education pretty much came from the streets, just connecting with people, different cultures. I gained the wealth just engaging at that level. I'm still like that. I continue to document everyday people versus the stars.

The images of war inspired me to create, to go to different situations and communities, to document the human side of people, to show a side that we don't see.