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Millions Of Men Have Lived To Fight, Build Palaces And Boundaries, Shape Destinies And Societies; But The Compelling Force Of All Times Has Been The Force Of Originality And Creation Profoundly Affecting The Roots Of Human Spirit.

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.

There Still Is Some Opposition To It In Some Museums And Art Schools, But I Think Photography Has Really Grown Into A Mature Art Form.

With All Art Expression, When Something Is Seen, It Is A Vivid Experience, Sudden, Compelling, And Inevitable.

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.