If I Can Get Them To Think,

I Would That My Photographs Might Be, Not The Coverage Of A News Event, But An Indictment Of War - The Brutal Corrupting Viciousness Of Its Doing To The Minds And Bodies Of Men; And, That My Photographs Might Be A Powerful Emotional Catalyst To The Reasoning Which Would Help This Vile And Criminal Stupidity From Beginning Again.

The Photographer Must Bear The Responsibility For His Work And Its Effect …[for] Photographic Journalism, Because Of Its Tremendous Audience Reached By Publications Using It, Has More Influence On Public Thinking Than Any Other Branch Of Photography.

I Try To Take What Voice I Have And I Give It To Those Who Don’t Have One At All.

...and Each Time I Pressed The Shutter Release It Was A Shouted Condemnation Hurled With The Hope That The Picture Might Survive Through The Years, With The Hope That They Might Echo Through The Minds Of Men In The Future - Causing Them Caution And Remembrance And Realization.

The Purpose Of All Art Is To Cause A Deep And Emotion, Also One That Is Entertaining Or Pleasing. Out Of The Depth And Entertainment Comes Value.