Abigail Adams

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.

Although I write to entertain, and try to keep my work free of didacticism, I do have a rather passionate belief in our need to be connected to - and to learn from - history.

In my 20 years as a photographer, covering conflicts from Bosnia to Gaza to Iraq to Afghanistan, injured civilians and soldiers have passed through my life many times.

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.