Unfortunately, The World Continues, History Continues To

Starvation And Disease Are The Original Weapons Of Mass Destruction. When You Burn Fields And Kill Animals, People Are Left Vulnerable.

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.

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.

You Are Never Freer Than In That Moment When You Decide To Expose Yourself To Sniper Fire.

I Have Been A Witness, And These Pictures Are My Testimony. The Events I Have Recorded Should Not Be Forgotten And Must Not Be Repeated.