I Have Always Felt As Though I

I Have Always Felt As Though I Needed A Weapon Against Evil.

I Picked Up A Camera Because It Was My Choice Of Weapons Against What I Hated Most About The Universe: Racism, Intolerance, Poverty. I Could Have Just As Easily Picked Up A Knife Or A Gun, Like Many Of My Childhood Friends Did... Most Of Whom Were Murdered Or Put In Prison... But I Chose Not To Go That Way. I Felt That I Could Somehow Subdue These Evils By Doing Something Beautiful That People Recognize Me By, And Thus Make A Whole Different Life For Myself, Which Has Proved To Be So.

The Camera Could Be A Very Powerful Instrument Against Discrimination, Against Poverty, Against Racism.

Use Anger To Emotionalize Whatever Thing You Intend To Do In Life - Being A Painter, A Poet Or A Photographer

So I Went To Chicago In 1940, I Think, '41, And The Photographs That I Made There, Aside From Fashion, Were Things That I Was Trying To Express In A Social Conscious Way.