I Came To Photography By

I Never Knew Anyone Who Came Close To Marilyn In Natural Ability To Use Both Photographer And Still Camera. She Was Special In This, And For Me There Has Been No One Like Her Before Or After. She Has Remained The Measuring Rod By Which I Have - Unconsciously - Judged Other Subjects.

It Doesn’t Matter If You Use A Box Camera Or A Leica, The Important Thing Is What Motivates You When You Are Photographing. What I Have Tried To Do Is Involve The People I Was Photographing. To Have Them Realize Without Saying So, That It Was Up To Them To Give Me Whatever They Wanted To Give Me . . . If They Were Willing To Give, I Was Willing To Photograph.

You Can't Make A Great Musician Or A Great Photographer If The Magic Isn't There.

I Have Been Poor And I Wanted To Document Poverty; I Had Lost A Child And I Was Obsessed With Birth; I Was Interested In Politics And I Wanted To Know How It Affected Our Lives; I Am A Woman And I Wanted To Know About Women.

I Found A Way Of Working Which Pleased Me Because I Didn’t Have To Frighten People With Heavy Equipment. It Was That Little Black Box And Me.