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title: "1 Cinematic Quotes By W. Eugene Smith"
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> [Up to and including the moment of exposure, the photographer is working in an undeniably subjective way. By his choice of technical approach, by the selection of the subject matterand by his decision as to the exact cinematic instant of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/up-to-and-including-the-moment-of-exposure-the-photographer-is/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

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## More by W. Eugene Smith

> [If I can get them to think, get them to feel, get them to see, then I've done about all that I can as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/if-i-can-get-them-to-think-get-them-to-feel-get-them-to-see-then-i-ve/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [... to became neighbours and friends instead of journalists. This is the way to make your finest photographs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/to-became-neighbours-and-friends-instead-of-journalists-this-is-the/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [Most photographers seem to operate with a pane of glass between themselves and their subjects. They just can't get inside and know the subject.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/most-photographers-seem-to-operate-with-a-pane-of-glass-between/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [I was after a set of pictures, so that when people looked at them they would say, ‘This is war’-that the people who were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/i-was-after-a-set-of-pictures-so-that-when-people-looked-at-them-they/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [I am an idealist. I often feel I would like to be an artist in an ivory tower. Yet it is imperative that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/i-am-an-idealist-i-often-feel-i-would-like-to-be-an-artist-in-an/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [The first word I would remove from the folklore of journalism is the word objective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/the-first-word-i-would-remove-from-the-folklore-of-journalism-is-the/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [What's the best type of light? Why that would be available light... and by available light I mean any damn light is available.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/what-s-the-best-type-of-light-why-that-would-be-available-light-and/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [I am constantly torn between the attitude of the conscientious journalist who is a recorder and interpreter of the facts and of the creative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/i-am-constantly-torn-between-the-attitude-of-the-conscientious/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [You can't photograph if you're not in love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/you-can-t-photograph-if-you-re-not-in-love/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [I think photojournalism is documentary photography with a purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/i-think-photojournalism-is-documentary-photography-with-a-purpose/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [I would that my photographs might be, not the coverage of a news event, but an indictment of war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/i-would-that-my-photographs-might-be-not-the-coverage-of-a-news-event/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [Many claim I am a photographer of tragedy. In the greater sense I am not, for though I often photograph where the tragic emotion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/many-claim-i-am-a-photographer-of-tragedy-in-the-greater-sense-i-am/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [My camera, my intentions stopped no man from falling. Nor did they aid him after he had fallen. It could be said that photographs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/my-camera-my-intentions-stopped-no-man-from-falling-nor-did-they-aid/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [The purpose of all art is to cause a deep and emotion, also one that is entertaining or pleasing. Out of the depth and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/the-purpose-of-all-art-is-to-cause-a-deep-and-emotion-also-one-that/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [I didn’t write the rules. Why would I follow them?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/i-didn-t-write-the-rules-why-would-i-follow-them/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

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