What is important to my work is the individual picture. I photograph stories on assignment, and of course they have to be put together coherently. But what matters most is that each picture stands on its own, with its own place and feeling.

The definition of a great picture is one that stays with you, one that you can't forget. It doesn't have to be technically good at all.

For those who were desperate, my camera became an object of hope (...)Throughout my year-long coverage of the monsoon world, my strongest conviction was that I was involved in the fundamentals of life.

I strive for individual pictures that will burn in people's memories.

A still photograph is something which you can always go back to. You can put it on your wall and look at it again and again. Because it is that frozen moment. I think it tends to burn into your psyche. It becomes ingrained in your mind. A powerful picture becomes iconic of a place or a time or a situation.

What matters most is that each picture stands on its own with its own place and feeling.

Unconsciously, I think I watch for a look, an expression, features or nostalgia that can summarize or more accurately reveal life.