I have been a photographer for more than five decades. I traversed five continents, witnessing tragedy and triumph. During my career I authored 11 monogram photo books, 7 self-published books, and 14 zines.

Much of my photography is about children and families in distress with a focus on identity and family: what tears us apart and binds us together—violence and abuse, but also sensuality, love, hope, and transcendence.

I try to convey pure emotion in my pictures, to get behind the scenes, to find a different angle so my pictures reveal what is beneath the surface. Having a distinct vision allows a photographer to be more poetic. While my work fits into the documentary tradition, it is also about the edges of experience, where things are more ambiguous and non rational: the inner moments, where public events meet our private fears and hopes.