I've Been With Life Now For Seventeen

The Subject Matter Is So Much More Important Than The Photographer.

I Have Been Born Again And Again And Each Time, I Have Found Something To Love.

I Suffered Evils, But Without Allowing Them To Rob Me Of The Freedom To Expand.

Enthusiasm Is The Electricity Of Life. How Do You Get It? You Act Enthusiastic Until You Make It A Habit. Enthusiasm Is Natural; It Is Being Alive, Taking The Initiative, Seeing The Importance Of What You Do, Giving It Dignity And Making What You Do Important To Yourself And To Others.

I Picked Up A Camera Because It Was My Choice Of Weapons Against What I Hated Most About The Universe: Racism, Intolerance, Poverty. I Could Have Just As Easily Picked Up A Knife Or A Gun, Like Many Of My Childhood Friends Did... Most Of Whom Were Murdered Or Put In Prison... But I Chose Not To Go That Way. I Felt That I Could Somehow Subdue These Evils By Doing Something Beautiful That People Recognize Me By, And Thus Make A Whole Different Life For Myself, Which Has Proved To Be So.