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

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

I didn't care where my works were published.

I didn't care where my works were published.

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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

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

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 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...

Now, my knowledge of photography was terribly limited.

Now, my knowledge of photography was terribly limited.

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...