This is why it’s so important to get it right when you can. As photographers we’ve got a small window to get a little bit of great work published out of Haiti. We have, maybe two weeks to add another chapter to the permanent record of the ongoing human nightmare that is Haiti. – From Kenneth Jarecke’s Blog, Mostly True.

“It is one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others care about them by revealing the core of their humanity.” – Paul Strand

Every single truly good assignment that I have ever heard of was most certainly generated by the photographer or developed by the photographer. Editors encourage and make final decisions, but they count on the intelligence and talent in their “photographer pool” to lead them to good story ideas. - David Alan Harvey – “Road Trips”, May 2009

As photojournalists we supply information to a world that is overwhelmed with preoccupations and full of people who need the company of images….We pass judgement on what we see, and this involves an enormous responsibility. – Henri Cartier-Bresson – “American Photo”, September/October 1997