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 SmithThe first word I would remove from the folklore of journalism is the word objective.
W. Eugene SmithI canโt stand these damn shows on museum walls with neat little frames, where you look at the images as if they were pieces of art. I want them to be pieces of life!
W. Eugene SmithMy pictures are complex and so am I. When I am almost symbolistic in writing, there is a more limiting differenceโs of accepting, while I can be even more complex in the photographs and people can usually accept them within the framework of their own limitations or lack of limitations โ there is no dictionary meaningโฆ they can look up for the photographic image and allow it to confuse them.
W. Eugene Smith