If I Can Upset People, If I

The Pictures That Were Coming From Vietnam Were Showing Us What Was Really Happening On The Ground Level. It Was In Contradiction To What Our Political And Military Leaders Were Telling Us. They Were Straight Forward Documentary Images. A Powerful Indictment Of The War, Of How Cruel And Unjust It Was. When I Finally Decided What To Do With My Life, It Was To Follow In That Tradition.

Photography Can Be Perceived As The Opposite Of War.

I Try To Use Whatever I Know About Photography To Be Of Service To The People I'm Photographing.

If I Can Upset People, If I Can Ruin Their Day, Then I Have Done My Job.

I Began After College, About 1972. I Began To Teach Myself Photography. I Went To Work For A Local Newspaper For Four Years As A Kind Of Basic Training.