Aboriginal Australia is a tough place to work, rough and tough.

I think of myself as a writer who photographs. Images, for me, can be considered poems, short stories or essays. And I've always thought the best place for my photographs was inside books of my own creation.

I had luck, but I worked hard and I suffered. It's not just photography I'm talking about. It's about whatever dream you want it to be.

My first priority when taking pictures is to achieve clarity. A good documentary photograph transmits the information of the situation with the utmost fidelity; achieving it means understanding the nuances of lighting and composition, and also remembering to keep the lenses clean and the cameras steady.

It matters little how much equipment we use; it matters much that we be masters of all we do use.

I was known as a 35-mm photographer with a view-camera mentality.

I had a book come out several years ago, when there were no blogs. This is a mark to me about how the environment has changed.