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When I'm Ready To Make A Photograph, I Think I Quite Obviously See In My Minds Eye Something That Is Not Literally There In The True Meaning Of The Word. I'm Interested In Something Which Is Built Up From Within, Rather Than Just Extracted From Without.

If You Have Enough Craft, You've Done Your Homework And You're Practiced. You Can Then Make The Photograph You Desire.

All I Can Do In My Writing Is To Stimulate A Certain Amount Of Thought, Clarify Some Technical Facts And Date My Work. But When I Preach Sharpness, Brilliancy, Scale, Etc., I Am Just Mouthing Words, Because No Words Can Really Describe Those Terms And Qualities It Takes The Actual Print To Say, “here It Is.

I’m Interested In Something Which Is Built Up From Within, Rather Than Just Extracted From Without.

The Dismal Half-baked Images Of The Average "reportage" And "documentary" Photography Are Self Dammning... The Slick Manner, The Slightly Obscure Significance, The Esoteric Fear Of Simple Beauty For Its Own Sake - I Am Deeply Concerned With These Manifestations Of Decay. Gene Smith's Work Validates My Most Vigorous Convictions That If The Documentary Photographs Is To Be Truly Effective It Must Contain Elements Of Art, Intensity, Fine Craft And Spirituality. All These His Work Contains And We May Turn To His Work With Gratitude, Appreciation And Great Respect.