TIME LightBox Souvid Datta: 'I Foolishly Doctored Images' | http://ti.me/2pEdCVL "The first thing I want to do is take responsibility," Datta tells TIME. (Photograph by Souvid Datta)

TIME "The first thing I want to do is take responsibility," Datta tells TIME in his first interview since the scandal broke.

TIME LightBox Souvid Datta: 'I Foolishly Doctored Images' | http://ti.me/2pEdCVL "The first thing I want to do is take responsibility," Datta tells TIME. (Photograph by Souvid Datta)

TIME LightBox Documenting Drug Addicition in Kabul: http://ti.me/1E5EqNd (Photograph by Souvid Datta)

TIME LightBox Documenting Drug Addicition in Kabul: http://ti.me/1E5EqNd (Photograph by Souvid Datta)

TIME Photo Documenting Drug Addicition in Kabul: http://ti.me/1E5EqNd (Photograph by Souvid Datta)

TIME Photo Documenting Drug Addicition in Kabul: http://ti.me/1E5EqNd (Photograph by Souvid Datta)

The New York Times It was the first time Gargi Datta had spoken publicly about her brief relationship with James Holmes.

NBC News In March 2012, Datta said, Holmes sent her an electronic message about wanting to "do evil" and killing people to increase his self-worth, or human capital. She was concerned, so she showed a friend, and they both asked him to talk to his therapist a Read more ... bout it. He assured them that he was.

TIME Photo Documenting Drug Addiction in Kabul: http://ti.me/1E5EqNd (Photograph by Souvid Datta)