I was primarily interested in people, and people in action, so that I did nothing photographically in the sense of doing buildings for their own sake or a still life or anything like that.

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

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

I confess that Roy was a little bit dictatorial in his editing and he ruined...

I confess that Roy was a little bit dictatorial in his editing and he ruined...

I didn't care where my works were published.

I didn't care where my works were published.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

Now, my knowledge of photography was terribly limited.

Now, my knowledge of photography was terribly limited.

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...

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...

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 did take my camera along, as I felt there wouldn't be enough time to...

I did take my camera along, as I felt there wouldn't be enough time to...

I felt very strongly the whole social impact of that depression, you know, and I...

I felt very strongly the whole social impact of that depression, you know, and I...

An amateur is someone who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint....

An amateur is someone who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint....

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...

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...

I've been asked a great deal about the influence I've had with my work and...

I've been asked a great deal about the influence I've had with my work and...

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...

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...