"I did take my camera along, as I felt there wouldn't be enough time to draw the things I wanted to do. I did some drawing and did a lot of photography but I was not part of Stryker's outfit at all"

In this quote, Ben Shahn is discussing his experience with professional photographer Roy Stryker. He mentions that he brought his video camera with him because he believed there would not suffice time to draw whatever he wanted to record. However, he also did some drawing and took a great deal of photographs throughout his time with Stryker. In spite of this, he clarifies that he was not officially part of Stryker's group. This could recommend that Shahn was a self-employed artist, or that he just accompanied Stryker on his photography journeys without being officially employed by him. Overall, this quote highlights Shahn's enthusiasm for both illustration and photography, and his desire to adapt to different scenarios in order to record the images he desired.