"My camera, my intentions stopped no man from……" — 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 be damned for they bind no wounds. Yet, I reasoned, if my photographs could cause compassionate horror within the viewer, they might also prod the conscience of that viewer into taking action."
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W. Eugene Smith
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28 Quotes by W. Eugene Smith
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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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Hardening of the categories causes art disease.
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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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