Photojournalists Know The Horrors Of War Can

The Pictures That Were Coming From Vietnam Were Showing Us What Was Really Happening On The Ground Level. It Was In Contradiction To What Our Political And Military Leaders Were Telling Us. They Were Straight Forward Documentary Images. A Powerful Indictment Of The War, Of How Cruel And Unjust It Was. When I Finally Decided What To Do With My Life, It Was To Follow In That Tradition.

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 History With A Capital H, But Rather The Tragedy Of A Single Man, Of A Family.

If Im Feeling Outraged, Grief, Disbelief, Frustration, Sympathy, That Gets Channeled Through Me And Into My Pictures And Hopefully Transmitted To The Viewer.

I Try To Use Whatever I Know About Photography To Be Of Service To The People I'm Photographing.

If I Can Upset People, If I Can Ruin Their Day, Then I Have Done My Job.