When people think of slavery, they think of an era from the distant past. Grainy photographs from Civil War times. And yet it goes on.

Oddly, I'd been to most of the locations where I started photographing slavery many times before. I even considered some of them homes-away-from-home. But there can be dark corners in familiar places.

My work is about the establishment of trust. For someone to share their authenticity with me is a soul-to-soul thing. It's not a lens-to-soul thing.

My son, who is five, was adopted from Ethiopia. My daughter was adopted from Guatemala. Her parents died of typhoid and malaria. We got her from an orphanage. They are the lights of my life.

I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution of a society or committee for that purpose, it would render the design abortive.

I spent my childhood in the country and started reading even before going to school. There was nothing else in my life but sketching and reading.

My primary and secondary education was provided by the Highland Park Public School System.

The Wayne Education Building was the first classroom building that we have done on the Wayne campus.