“If there is something occurring that is so bad that it could be considered a crime against humanity, it has to be transmitted with anguish, with pain, and create an impact in people - upset them, shake them up, wake them out of their everyday routine.” PeopleIfsPainHumanityCrimePhotographyImpactEverydayUpsetShakesRoutineAnguishCrimes Against HumanityEveryday Routine Author:James Nachtwey
“A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up with. You've got to be seen as dark and slightly dangerous. But I'm not like that and I've realised that I don't need to put that on. People will buy the books whether they see a photo of you dressed in black or not.” PeopleThinkingNeedsTryingBookBlackDarkDangerousCrimeRealised Author:Ian Rankin
“We wanted to describe society from our left point of view. Per had written political books, but they'd only sold 300 copies. We realised that people read crime and through the stories we could show the reader that under the official image of welfare-state Sweden there was another layer of poverty, criminality and brutality.” PeopleBookStatesStoriesShowsWantedPoliticalLeftViewsPovertyWrittenCrimeReaderPoint Of ViewWelfareOfficialsCopiesLayersRealisedBrutalitySwedenWelfare StateCriminality Author:Maj Sjowall
“So many people that I've seen can't get clean water. It's a crime.” PeopleWaterCrimeCleanClean Water Author:Jay-Z