I used to call myself a war photographer. Now I consider myself as an antiwar photographer.

I began after college, about 1972. I began to teach myself photography. I went to work for a local newspaper for four years as a kind of basic training.

Photography can be perceived as the opposite of war.

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

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

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