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I was primarily interested in people, and people in action, so that I did nothing photographically in the sense of doing buildings for their own sake or a still life or anything like that.

~Ben Shahn

Topics: Action Anything Buildings Did Doing Interested Life Like Nothing Own People Primarily Sake Sense Still

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I still love to look at photographs but I couldn't do it myself anymore.

~Ben Shahn

Topics: Anymore Look Love Myself Photographs Still

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I remember traveling around in Arkansas with Senator Robinson, and I told him what this little trick was. He felt very much part of it and had me take pictures of people unbeknownst to them.

~Ben Shahn

Topics: Arkansas Around Felt Had He Him Little Me Much Part People Pictures Remember Robinson Senator Take Them Traveling Trick Very I Remember

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I felt very strongly the whole social impact of that depression, you know, and I felt very strongly about the efforts that this Resettlement Administration was trying to accomplish; resettling people, helping them, and so on.

~Ben Shahn

Topics: About Accomplish Administration Depression Efforts Felt Helping Impact Know People Social Strongly Them Trying Very Whole You

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I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography.

~Ben Shahn

Topics: Choices Control Did Feel Felt Had Having Medium More My Own Over Own Photography Than I Feel

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I didn't care where my works were published.

~Ben Shahn

Topics: Care Published Were Where Works

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I did take my camera along, as I felt there wouldn't be enough time to draw the things I wanted to do. I did some drawing and did a lot of photography but I was not part of Stryker's outfit at all.

~Ben Shahn

Topics: Along Camera Did Draw Drawing Enough Enough Time Felt Lot Outfit Part Photography Some Take Things Time Wanted

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I confess that Roy was a little bit dictatorial in his editing and he ruined quite a number of my pictures, which he stopped doing later. He used to punch a hole through a negative. Some of them were incredibly valuable. He didn't understand at the time.

~Ben Shahn

Topics: Bit Confess Doing Editing He His Hole Incredibly Later Little Little Bit Negative Number Pictures Punch Quite Roy Ruined Some Stopped Them Through Time Understand Used Valuable Were Which

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Biography

Nationality: Unknown

Type: Artist

Born: September 12th, 1898

Died: March 14th, 1969

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