I Dont Think Tragic Situations Are Necessarily

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, And Create An Impact In People - Upset Them, Shake Them Up, Wake Them Out Of Their Everyday Routine.

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.

Is It Possible To Put An End To A Form Of Human Behavior Which Has Existed Throughout History By Means Of Photography?

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 Doing And Pay Attention To What Is Going On - To Create Pictures Powerful Enough To Overcome The Diluting Effects Of The Mass Media And Shake People Out Of Their Indifference - To Protest And By The Strength Of That Protest To Make Others Protest.