W. Eugene Smith, Photography Made Difficult

"Photo is a small voice, at best, but sometimes - just sometimes - one photograph or a group of them can lure our senses into awareness. Much depends upon the viewer; in some, photographs can summon enough emotion to be a catalyst to thought." -Eugene Smith

We watched "W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult." As Rita promised, the acting by Peter Riegert was cheesy. (I actually thought that they could have just used voice overs and not had *any* of the cheesy acting and it would have been a better movie.) But I loved much of what was said in the movie. And like the 'nerd' that I am, I took notes so that I could remember the nuggets of wisdom.

Quotes from the movie:

• "I photographed the war to comment on greed and stupidity." -Smith
• "human lumps of fright" -a description of Japanese civilians during WWII driven out from hiding

• "My people could be these people... an accident of birth and home."
• "He was close to a breakdown most of the time."

• "He was always looking for an imminent truth."