I'm Half Deaf. I Have Nerve Damage

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 Guess That's How I Feel About What I Do. There Is A Social Function To Documentary Photography That Is Very Important And It Requires People To Take Risks.

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 Important Lessons I Have Learnt Is That You Have To Learn To Listen To And Trust Your Own Instinct. It Has Helped To Guide Me - This Far At Least.

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.

The Greatest Statesmen, Philosophers, Humanitarians ... Have Not Been Able To Put An End To War. Why Place That Demand On Photography?

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 Interpretation Of Events.