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W. Eugene Smith Quotes: I try to take what voice I have and I give it to those who don’t have one at all.
         

I try to take what voice I have and I give it to those who don’t have one at all.


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I didn’t write the rules. Why would I follow them?



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I think photojournalism is documentary photography with a purpose.



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If I can get them to think, get them to feel, get them to see, then I've done about all that I can as a teacher.



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What use having a great depth of field, if there is not an adequate depth of feeling?



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