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

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

With considerable soul searching, that to the utmost of my ability, I have let truth be the prejudice.

My camera, my intentions stopped no man from falling. Nor did they aid him after he had fallen. It could be said that photographs be damned for they bind no wounds. Yet, I reasoned, if my photographs could cause compassionate horror within the viewer, they might also prod the conscience of that viewer into taking action.

Many claim I am a photographer of tragedy. In the greater sense I am not, for though I often photograph where the tragic emotion is present, the result is almost invariably affirmative.

What use having a great depth of field, if there is not an adequate depth of feeling?

Most photographers seem to operate with a pane of glass between themselves and their subjects. They just can't get inside and know the subject.