If A Man Can Reach The Latter

So I Went To Chicago In 1940, I Think, '41, And The Photographs That I Made There, Aside From Fashion, Were Things That I Was Trying To Express In A Social Conscious Way.

But I Was Very Disappointed That I Didn't Get A Chance To Go Overseas With That Group, Might Not Have Gotten Back But I Wanted Very Much To Go Because There's Not Much Of A Record Of The Exploits Of The First Negro Fighter Group.

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

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

And I Think That After Nearly 85 Years Upon This Planet That I Have A Right After Working So Hard At Showing The Desolation And The Poverty, To Show Something Beautiful For Somebody As Well.