Alfred Russel Wallace

Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time.

I have since wandered among men of many races and many religions.

In my solitude I have pondered much on the incomprehensible subjects of space, eternity, life and death.

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.

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.

I'm considered homophobic and crazy about these things and old fashioned. But I think that the family - father, mother, children - is fundamental to our civilisation.