"Negatives are the notebooks, the jottings, the false……" — W. Eugene Smith
"Negatives are the notebooks, the jottings, the false starts, the whims, the poor drafts, and the good draft but never the completed version of the work The print and a proper one is the only completed photograph, whether it is specifically shaded for reproduction, or for a museum wall."
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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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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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I didn’t write the rules. Why would I follow them?
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