The Camera Could Be A Very Powerful

You Know, The Camera Is Not Meant Just To Show Misery. You Can Show Things That You Like About The Universe, Things That You Hate About The Universe. It's Capable Of Doing Both.

Washington, D.c. In 1942 Was Not The Easiest Place In The World For A Negro To Get Along.

Photography Was My Choice Of Weapons.

I Was There Less Than A Year Before I Was Assigned To The Paris Bureau. I Spent Two Years There And, In Fact, Before I Even Went On The Staff I Was Sent To Europe To Do Assignments Which They Wouldn't Normally Do For A Young Photographer Just Starting Out.

I've Known Both Misery And Happiness, Lived In So Many Different Skins It Is Impossible For One Skin To Claim Me. And I Have Felt Like A Wayfarer On An Alien Planet At Times - Walking, Running, Wondering About What Brought Me To This Particular Place, And Why. But Once I Was Here The Dreams Started Moving In, And I Went About Devouring Them As They Devoured Me.