It's the not the subject that interests me as much as my perception of the subject.

Seeing your work on the wall is like the ultimate thing that can happen.

I don't really think that the technique really determines the veracity of the image. It's what the image does to the viewer that determines whether it's right or wrong.

The artist creates the material that we look back upon as part of history.

There were no black images of dignity, no images of beautiful black people. There was this big hole. I tried to fill it.

My photographs are subjective and personal-they’r e intended to be accessible, to relate to people’s lives... People-their well-being and survival-are the crux of what’s important to me.

Artists are a very important part of our society because they make a great contribution to our values. The artist creates a value system that we all grow up on, whether we know it or not.