I like to hide my camera and use a remote control, because then no one knows when I'm actually imprisoning their souls in the visual plane of thought or just sitting there, waiting, and then making time stop. The printed film is like a bell used to symbolize its hour. Except it stands for both that hour's and everything's sudden stopping.

The very secret of life for me, I believed, was to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility.

Photography is a very subtle thing. You must let the camera take you by the hand, as it were, and lead you into your subject.

The very secret of life for mewas to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility. I had picked a life that dealt with excitement, tragedy, mass calamities, human triumphs and suffering. To throw my whole self into recording and attempting to understand these things, I needed an inner serenity as a kind of balance.

Utter truth is essential...and to get that truth may take a lot of searching and long hours.

Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts you.

Life wanted faces that would express what we wanted to tell. Not just the unusual or striking face, but the face that would speak out the message from the printed page. I am always looking for some typical person or face that will tie the picture essay together in a human way.