Photography Was My Choice Of Weapons.

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.

You Have A 45mm Automatic Pistol On Your Lap, And I Have A 35mm Camera On My Lap, And My Weapon Is Just As Powerful As Yours. (to Black Panther Militant Eldridge Cleaver)

I Think Maybe The Rural Influence In My Life Helped Me In A Sense, Of Knowing How To Get Close To People And Talk To Them And Get My Work Done.

I Bought My First Camera In Seattle, Washington. Only Paid About Seven Dollars And Fifty Cents For It.

Use Anger To Emotionalize Whatever Thing You Intend To Do In Life - Being A Painter, A Poet Or A Photographer