Inferno represents a personal journey through the dark reaches of the last decade of the twentieth century. It is a record of loss, grief, injustice, suffering, violence and death. Implicit is an appeal to the reader’s best instincts-a spirit of generosity, a sense of right and wrong, the ability and the willingness to identify with others, the refusal to accept the unacceptable.
The primary function of my photographs has been to appear in mass-circulation magazines–to record events as they are happening so that the pictures can contribute to people’s awareness and help them
form opinions. My photographs are meant to be one element among many in the ongoing dialogue between information and response that helps create an atmosphere in which change is possible. A photograph can enter the mind and reach the heart with the power of immediacy. It affects that part of the psyche where meaning is less dependant upon words and makes an impact more visceral, more elemental, closer to the raw experience.