The journalistic photographer can have no other than a personal approach; and it is impossible for him to be completely objective. Honest—yes. Objective—no.
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 SmithIn music I still prefer the minor key, and in printing I like the light coming from the dark. I like pictures that surmount the darkness, and many of my photographs are that way. It is the way I see photographically. For practical reasons, I think it looks better in print too.
W. Eugene SmithI would that my photographs might be, not the coverage of a news event, but an indictment of war.
W. Eugene Smith... to became neighbours and friends instead of journalists. This is the way to make your finest photographs.
W. Eugene SmithMy 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 Smith