W. Eugene Smith Quotes About Photography

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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 and know the subject.

  • The photographer must bear the responsibility for his work and its effect …[for] photographic journalism, because of its tremendous audience reached by publications using it, has more influence on public thinking than any other branch of photography.

  • I've never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil.

  • Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.

    W. Eugene Smith (1981). “W. Eugene Smith, master of the photographic essay”
  • Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.

    W. Eugene Smith (1969). “W. Eugene Smith, his photographs and notes”
  • The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.

  • Available light is any damn light that is available!

  • I think photojournalism is documentary photography with a purpose.

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W. Eugene Smith

  • Born: December 30, 1918
  • Died: October 15, 1978
  • Occupation: Photographer