My only agenda is to bring attention to otherwise ignored and shunned lives.

Before I even took pictures I knew that I wanted to have them as hard copy memories.

I use my intuition. I tell my students: use your brains, but also use another part of yourself.

[A photograph] is a part of the evidence. I'm not saying it's the truth - it's part of the evidence.

It's always good to find things that you haven't found before.

There are many images which I miss on purpose. I've done too many of them before and photographing them again doesn't change the world, or me.

The photograph is kind of a proof - a proof that I actually met these people, that they actually have lives, and that they're worth considering.