I became interested in photography when I found my own sketching was inadequate.

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I still love to look at photographs but I couldn't do it myself anymore.

I still love to look at photographs but I couldn't do it myself anymore.

In '38, this time I did a job for Mr. Stryker. I went on his...

In '38, this time I did a job for Mr. Stryker. I went on his...

Roy was just another bureaucrat to me, but I realized very soon that without Roy...

Roy was just another bureaucrat to me, but I realized very soon that without Roy...

Of course I realize that photography is not the technical facility as much as it...

Of course I realize that photography is not the technical facility as much as it...

Now, when I came on to Washington to begin my job, I was so interested...

Now, when I came on to Washington to begin my job, I was so interested...

So, I was offered this job to come down there but first it was suggested...

So, I was offered this job to come down there but first it was suggested...

I was brought in, not in the photographic department at all, I was brought in...

I was brought in, not in the photographic department at all, I was brought in...

I was primarily interested in people, and people in action, so that I did nothing...

I was primarily interested in people, and people in action, so that I did nothing...

I remember traveling around in Arkansas with Senator Robinson, and I told him what this...

I remember traveling around in Arkansas with Senator Robinson, and I told him what this...

When you talk about war on poverty it doesn't mean very much; but if you...

When you talk about war on poverty it doesn't mean very much; but if you...

It's pretty hard to measure influence of written or visual material.

It's pretty hard to measure influence of written or visual material.

Whatever I get involved in, I'm totally involved, you see.

Whatever I get involved in, I'm totally involved, you see.

In the South or in the mine country, wherever you point the camera there is...

In the South or in the mine country, wherever you point the camera there is...

Some time ago, we went to Asia and took a camera along, and I began...

Some time ago, we went to Asia and took a camera along, and I began...

When a man returned from the field and we'd look at the work, we'd criticize...

When a man returned from the field and we'd look at the work, we'd criticize...

I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my...

I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my...

I was so impressed with the work we were doing and I was very involved...

I was so impressed with the work we were doing and I was very involved...

It's a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go...

It's a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go...

I didn't care where my works were published.

I didn't care where my works were published.

The time when I had desire to go to the United States I didn't have...

The time when I had desire to go to the United States I didn't have...