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

But everyone cannot be there, and that is why photographers go there - to show them, to reach out and grab them and make them stop what they are doing and pay attention to what is going on - to create pictures powerful enough to overcome the diluting effects of the mass media and shake people out of their indifference - to protest and by the strength of that protest to make others protest.

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

Many people in this world do jobs that are dangerous and where their life is at risk and they feel that there is some kind of value to their job I guess that's how I feel about what I do. There is a social function to documentary photography that is very important and it requires people to take risks.

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

Is it possible to put an end to a form of human behavior which has existed throughout history by means of photography?

I want my pictures to cut through political abstractions... and make a connection on a human level.