By some special graciousness of fate I am deposited – as all good photographers like to be – in the right place at the right time. Go into it as young as possible. Bring all the asset you have and play to win.

Usually I object when someone makes over-much of men’s work versus women’s work, for I think it is the excellence of the results which counts.

If anyone gets in my way when I’m making a picture, I become irrational. I’m never sure what I am going to do, or sometimes even aware of what I do-only that I want that picture.

Even while you’re in dead earnest about your work, you must approach it with a feeling of freedom and joy; you must be loose-jointed, like a relaxed athlete.

The element of discovery is very important. I don’t repeat myself well. I want and need that stimulus of walking forward from one new world to another.

Life wanted faces that would express what we wanted to tell. Not just the unusual or striking face, but the face that would speak out the message from the printed page. I am always looking for some typical person or face that will tie the picture essay together in a human way.

A burning purpose attracts others who are drawn along with it and help fulfill it.

"Utter truth is essential, and that is what stirs me when I look through the camera."

Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest until I have pried it open.

Photography is a very subtle thing. You must let the camera take you by the hand, as it were, and lead you into your subject.