And Now, I Feel At 85, I

If A Man Can Reach The Latter Days Of His Life With His Soul Intact, He Has Mastered Life.

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 Picked Up A Camera Because It Was My Choice Of Weapons Against What I Hated Most About The Universe: Racism, Intolerance, Poverty.

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.

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