"I would that my photographs might be, not……" — W. Eugene Smith
"I would that my photographs might be, not the coverage of a news event, but an indictment of war - the brutal corrupting viciousness of its doing to the minds and bodies of men; and, that my photographs might be a powerful emotional catalyst to the reasoning which would help this vile and criminal stupidity from beginning again."
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W. Eugene Smith
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28 Quotes by W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith has 28 quotes on this site.
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Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense…
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I've never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil.
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Available light is any damn light that is available!
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Negatives are the notebooks, the jottings, the false starts, the whims, the poor drafts, and the good draft but never…
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Hardening of the categories causes art disease.
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Most photographers seem to operate with a pane of glass between themselves and their subjects. They just can't get inside…
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What use having a great depth of field, if there is not an adequate depth of feeling?
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The purpose of all art is to cause a deep and emotion, also one that is entertaining or pleasing. Out…
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In music I still prefer the minor key, and in printing I like the light coming from the dark. I…
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My pictures are complex and so am I.
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Up to and including the moment of exposure, the photographer is working in an undeniably subjective way. By his choice…
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The journalistic photographer can have no other than a personal approach; and it is impossible for him to be completely…
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