Anyday, one can walk down the street in a big city and see a thousand people. Any photographer can photograph these people - but very few photographers can make their prints not only reproductions of the people taken, but a comment upon them - or more, a comment upon their lives - or more still, a comment upon the social order that creates these lives.
The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: Essays on art, race, politics, and world affairs (ed. University of Missouri Press, 2002) - ISBN: 9780826213945