If I Can Upset People, If I

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.

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.

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.

If You Want To Connect With People Who Are In Distress And Great Grief And Scared, You Need To Do It In A Certain Way. I Move Kind Of Slow. I Talk Kind Of Slow. I Let Them Know That I Respect Them.

I'm Half Deaf. I Have Nerve Damage And A Constant Ringing In Both Of My Ears, And There Are Certain Times And Conditions When I Can Hardly Hear At All.