I started taking photographs when I was 10 years old, using a Kodak Brownie camera. This is a page from my first 'portfolio':

My dad, the family photographer, taught me by example what makes a good photo. Here's one, of me (on the left) & my older sister:

I've photographed musicians, broken buildings, & big events. But this set of photos, taken after the 1992 Los Angeles riots began, have been some of the most popular (& published):