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.

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.

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

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.

Every single immigrant is part of a larger history that needs to be communicated in all its ambivalences and complexities.

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

Since 1970, I've been using text and ephemera as well as photographs in order to tell stories of one kind or another. There's a thread that runs through all the work that is to do with bearing witness. The photographs are about asking questions, though, not answering them.