I would that my photographs might be, not the coverage of a news event, but an indictment of war - the brutal corrupting viciousness of its doing to the minds and bodies of men; and, that my photographs might be a powerful emotional catalyst to the reasoning which would help this vile and criminal stupidity from beginning again.
W. Eugene SmithI've never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil.
W. Eugene SmithWith considerable soul searching, that to the utmost of my ability, I have let truth be the prejudice.
W. Eugene Smith