Photojournalists know the horrors of war can only be exposed at close range. Kodak Film.

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!

The worst thing is to feel that as a photographer I am benefiting from someone else's tragedy. This idea haunts me. It's something I have to reckon with every day because I know that if I ever allow genuine compassion to be overtaken by personal ambition, I will have sold my soul. The only way I can justify my role is to have respect for the other person's predicament. The extent to which I do that is the extent to which I become accepted by the other; and to that extent, I can accept myself.

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.

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

When the truth is spoken, it doesn't need to be adorned. It just needs to be simply stated, and often it only needs to be said once.