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I wasn't there [in U.S] when the city was bombed but it seems to have changed my friends.


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I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much I’ve lost.

I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much I’ve lost.



My desire is to preserve the sense of people’s lives, to endow them with the strength and beauty I see in them. I want the people in my pictures to stare back.

My desire is to preserve the sense of people’s lives, to endow them with the strength and beauty I see in them. I want the people in my pictures to stare back.



For me it is not a detachment to take a picture. It's a way of touching somebody - it's a caress… I think that you can actually give people access to their own soul.

For me it is not a detachment to take a picture. It's a way of touching somebody - it's a caress… I think that you can actually give people access to their own soul.



I always thought if I photographed anyone or anything enough, I would never lose the person, I would never lose the memory, I would never lose the place. But the pictures show me how much I've lost.

I always thought if I photographed anyone or anything enough, I would never lose the person, I would never lose the memory, I would never lose the place. But the pictures show me how much I've lost.



Yes, photography saved my life. Every time I go through something scary, traumatic, I survive by taking pictures.

Yes, photography saved my life. Every time I go through something scary, traumatic, I survive by taking pictures.



I knew from a very early age, that what I saw on tv had nothing to do with real life. So I wanted to make a record of real life. That included having a camera with me at all times.

I knew from a very early age, that what I saw on tv had nothing to do with real life. So I wanted to make a record of real life. That included having a camera with me at all times.



I just get inspired to take a picture by the beauty and vulnerability of my friends.

I just get inspired to take a picture by the beauty and vulnerability of my friends.



My work is mostly about memory. It is very important to me that everybody that I have been close to in my life I make photographs of them.

My work is mostly about memory. It is very important to me that everybody that I have been close to in my life I make photographs of them.



I think the wrong things are kept private

I think the wrong things are kept private



My work shows the beauty in so many different kinds of people because I never photograph anyone who I don't think is beautiful. I never take an intentionally mean picture.

My work shows the beauty in so many different kinds of people because I never photograph anyone who I don't think is beautiful. I never take an intentionally mean picture.





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I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

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In my cheapest moments I am apt to think that it is n't my business to be "seeking the spirit," but as much its business to be seeking me.



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