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.
W. Eugene SmithPhotography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.
W. Eugene SmithWhat's the best type of light? Why that would be available light... and by available light I mean any damn light is available.
W. Eugene Smith...and each time I pressed the shutter release it was a shouted condemnation hurled with the hope that the picture might survive through the years, with the hope that they might echo through the minds of men in the future - causing them caution and remembrance and realization.
W. Eugene Smith