I think the prom is very serious also. It's an American ritual, it's a rite of passage, and it's very much a part of this country.

Finding the right subject is the hardest part.

Photograph the world as it is. Nothing's more interesting than reality.

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul.

I'm interested in reality, and I'm interested in survival. I'm interested in people who aren't the lucky ones, who maybe have a tougher time surviving, and telling their story.

It’s not when you press the shutter, but why you press the shutter.

Usually my ideas for work have revolved around my interest in people, especially people that live on the edges of society.

Reality is always extraordinary.

I’m just interested in people on the edges. I feel an affinity for people who haven’t had the best breaks in society. What I want to do more than anything is acknowledge their existence.

I was fascinated by my own prom pictures.

I respect newspapers but the reality is that magazine "photojournalism" is finished. They want illustrations, Photoshopped pictures of movie stars.

Pain is inevitable as it is pareof life as pleasure is.It all depends on how you tackle it either with determination or with frustration

JEALOUS, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.

If you are afraid for your future you don't have a present.

When I go through the airport and see white women walking through the airport barefooted, like athlete's feet don't exist, there's something wrong.

Cars mean nothing to me. I'm not a car guy.

Caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar. (Walk, there is no path, the path is made by walking.)

There is but on virtue--the eternal sacrifice of self.

I've always found life quite difficult to explain to people or to myself.

The customs and practices of life in society sweep us along.

I have a glove. I'll play anywhere.