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

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

There is a job to be doneto record the truth. I want to wake people up!

Starvation and disease are the original weapons of mass destruction. When you burn fields and kill animals, people are left vulnerable.

I became a photographer in order to be a war photographer, and a photographer involved in what I thought were critical social issues. From the very beginning this was my goal.

I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated.

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.