The journalistic photographer can have no other than a personal approach; and it is impossible for him to be completely objective. Honestโyes. Objectiveโno.
W. Eugene SmithUp 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 exposure, he is blending the variables of interpretation into an emotional whole.
W. Eugene Smith