If there is something occurring that is so bad that it could be considered a crime against humanity, it has to be transmitted with anguish, with pain, and create an impact in people - upset them, shake them up, wake them out of their everyday routine.

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

The greatest statesmen, philosophers, humanitarians ... have not been able to put an end to war. Why place that demand on photography?

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

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.

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.

[Photography] puts a human face on issues which, from afar, can appear abstract or ideological or monumental in their global impact.