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Think In Terms Of Images And Words. They Can Be Mighty Powerful When They Are Fitted Together Properly.

At First I Wasn't Sure That I Had The Talent, But I Did Know I Had A Fear Of Failure, And That Fear Compelled Me To Fight Off Anything That Might Abet It.

I Have Never Known Anyone Important Enough To Consume Me In Anger Beyond A Few Hours. Better To Depart Their Existence Before They Poison Your Own.

I Was Born To A Black Childhood Of Confusion And Poverty. The Memory Of That Beginning Influences My Work Today, It Is Impossible Now To Photograph A Hungry Child Without Remembering The Hunger Of My Old Childhood.

I Saw That The Camera Could Be A Weapon Against Poverty, Against Racism, Against All Sorts Of Social Wrongs. I Knew At That Point I Had To Have A Camera.