I became a photographer in order to be a war photographer, and a photographer involved in what I thought were critical social issues. From the very b….

The greatest statesmen, philosophers, humanitarians ... have not been able to put an end to war. Why place that demand on photography?.

Do we really need another picture of Paris Hilton or Naomi Campbell?.

Unfortunately, the world continues, history continues to produce tragedies. And it is very important that they be documented in a humane way, in a co….

I don't believe there's any such thing as objective reality. It's only reality as we experience it..

It is very hard to say where you're going until you get there. That kind of thing is based very much on instinct. As a photographer, one of the most ….

Photojournalists know the horrors of war can only be exposed at close range. Kodak Film..

I want my pictures to cut through political abstractions... and make a connection on a human level..

I dont think tragic situations are necessarily devoid of beauty..

If Im feeling outraged, grief, disbelief, frustration, sympathy, that gets channeled through me and into my pictures and hopefully transmitted to the….

But everyone cannot be there, and that is why photographers go there - to show them, to reach out and grab them and make them stop what they are doin….

I want to record history through the destiny of individuals who often belong to the least wealthy classes. I do not want to show war in general, nor ….

I'm half deaf. I have nerve damage and a constant ringing in both of my ears, and there are certain times and conditions when I can hardly hear at al….

If there is something occurring that is so bad that it could be considered a crime against humanity, it has to be transmitted with anguish, with pain….

I began after college, about 1972. I began to teach myself photography. I went to work for a local newspaper for four years as a kind of basic traini….

I used to call myself a war photographer. Now I consider myself as an antiwar photographer..

If you want to connect with people who are in distress and great grief and scared, you need to do it in a certain way. I move kind of slow. I talk ki….

None of the editors I've worked with have ever asked me to pull my punches. They've never asked me to give them anything other than my own interpreta….

Starvation and disease are the original weapons of mass destruction. When you burn fields and kill animals, people are left vulnerable..

Photography can be perceived as the opposite of war..

Many people in this world do jobs that are dangerous and where their life is at risk and they feel that there is some kind of value to their job I gu….