The only other white people we saw during the three days we stayed there were a German couple intent on taking pictures of their stuffed sheep in a variety of locations around the world.

The snapshots in CHINA: Portrait of a People are not meant to be works of art. I was too preoccupied with participating, with reveling in the moment, to worry about their perfection. Their purpose, then, is to form a candid portrait of China exactly as China presented itself to me.

In photography there are no shadows that cannot be illuminated.

Photography is like exploring a new dimension, only I can go there but I can show you where I've been.

Photography is my passion.

Nature is beautiful in all its chaos. However, a nature photograph is beautiful only in the absence of chaos.