I've never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil.

I would that my photographs might be, not the coverage of a news event, but an indictment of war - the brutal corrupting viciousness of its doing to the minds and bodies of men; and, that my photographs might be a powerful emotional catalyst to the reasoning which would help this vile and criminal stupidity from beginning again.

I am an idealist. I often feel I would like to be an artist in an ivory tower. Yet it is imperative that I speak to people, so I must desert that ivory tower. To do this, I am a journalist - a photojournalist. But I am always torn between the attitude of the journalist, who is a recorder of facts, and the artist, who is often necessarily at odds with the facts. My principle concern is for honesty, above all honesty with myself.

What's the best type of light? Why that would be available light... and by available light I mean any damn light is available.

Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.

Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.

My photographs at best hold only a small length, but through them I would suggest and criticize and illuminate and try to give compassionate understanding.