I don't believe there's any such thing as objective reality. It's only reality as we experience it.

The pictures that were coming from Vietnam were showing us what was really happening on the ground level. It was in contradiction to what our political and military leaders were telling us. They were straight forward documentary images. A powerful indictment of the war, of how cruel and unjust it was. When I finally decided what to do with my life, it was to follow in that tradition.

If I can upset people, if I can ruin their day, then I have done my job.

Do we really need another picture of Paris Hilton or Naomi Campbell?

I'm half deaf. I have nerve damage and a constant ringing in both of my ears, and there are certain times and conditions when I can hardly hear at all.

Photography can be perceived as the opposite of war.

You are never freer than in that moment when you decide to expose yourself to sniper fire.