PHOTOS: The photography of Sean Korey
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"Humanity has been the driving force. There’s this quote that I love. Maya Angelou is the one that I heard say it, but it came from the first black Greek playwright, Terence, and it’s Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto,” or “I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.” And it was one of those things that when I first heard it, it made me think so deeply about the human condition, and circumstances, because we all fall into different circumstances. And once I contemplated that I wanted to discover or see that in other people, and I think being behind the lens, for me, was the most comfortable way for myself, and for my subject, to really view humanity. Because I think, if I can make somebody feel comfortable in front of my lens, then I can actually see who they are."