A blog entry to discuss and interpret the sacrifise of a photojournalist if it exists... meaning that a dedicated photojournalist does not get to live the life he sees through his camera, doesn't get to be close to the rest of people, which means he is either always in fascination of the world and therefore is able to bring his fascination to others using his craft. I need evidence and more elaborate description to attempt to figure out the truth.
W. Eugene Smith. A photojournalist known for his refusal to compromise industry standards, an artist for his search of the right way to portray the world in his pictures.
"I am a compassionate cynic," he wrote, "yet I believe I am one of the most affirmative photographers around. I have tried to let the truth be my prejudice. It has taken much sweat. It has been worth it." I have tried to let the truth be my prejudice... That goes against what most of us (young people half o' foot into the media industry) think. Subjectivity appears to be the only weapon, shield against the big and the almighty world before our eyes full of injustice and disharmony. I want to show you the world the way I see it VS I want to show you the world the way it is even though you and I wish it was different.
Some of Eugene Smith's pictures:
In all his biographies it's said that he is a loner (#1; #2; etc) which makes me wonder whether the price to pay in order to create art is exactly that huge - the world. It's very easy to find examples in a list of artists who really influenced modern point of view:
Extentialists and surrealists such as these mentioned above tend to create work that is well beyond current popular mindstate because their work is about problems so difficult to absorb, especially by the all-singing crowds, because of that they are usually forced to live a lonely life, because an artist misunderstood by the industry is nothing in the eyes producers and generally people who can sell artworks.
Uniqueness and revolutionary methods in their art is shared between Eugene Smith and those artists I have mentioned before
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