But I Do Feel A Little Teeny

The Photographer Begins To Feel Big And Bloated And So Big He Can't Walk Through One Of These Doors Because He Gets A Good Byline; He Gets Notices All Over The World And So Forth; But They're Really - The Important People Are The People He Photographs.

I've Been Asked If I Think There Will Ever Come A Time When All People Come Together. I Would Like To Think There Will. All We Can Do Is Hope And Dream And Work Toward That End. And That's What I've Tried To Do All My Life.

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.

Nothing Came Easy. I Was Just Born With A Need To Explore Every Part Of My Mind. And With Long Searching And Hard Work, I Became Devoted To My Restlessness.

At First I Wasn't Sure That I Had The Talent, But I Did Know I Had A Fear Of Failure, And That Fear Compelled Me To Fight Off Anything That Might Abet It.