"I only know how to approach a place by walking. For what does a street photographer do but walk and watch and wait an…"

"Ultimately, the reward is the process - the process of photographing and discovering and trying to understand why and…"

"Traditional photojournalists arrive with an idea of what they are going to produce or what the editor wants. I approa…"

"Three years after my first trip to Haiti, I realized there was another emotional note that had to be reckoned with: t…"

"In the dry places, men begin to dream. Where the rivers run sand, there is something in man that begins to flow. West…"

"I think that there is a huge disparity in Los Angeles, as there is in the US in general, between the wealthy and the …"

"I was told that if there weren't any power wires, I wouldn't have a body of work. I tend to use them on a regular bas…"

"The city is a place where people feel free to do and be whatever they want."

"I feel like I am floating in plasma I need a teacher or a lover I need someone to risk being involved with me. I am s…"

"Am I in the picture? Am I getting in or out of it? I could be a ghost, an animal or a dead body, not just this girl s…"