I've been asked a great deal about the influence I've had with my work and it's impossible to say, you know. Ben Shahn askdealgreat Change image and share on social
Of course I realize that photography is not the technical facility as much as it is the eye, and this decision that one makes for the moment at which you are going to snap, you know. Ben Shahn decisioneyefacility Change image and share on social
I didn't care where my works were published. Ben Shahn carepublishwork Change image and share on social
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 cameradrawfelt Change image and share on social
I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography. Ben Shahn choicecontrolfeel Change image and share on social
In '38, this time I did a job for Mr. Stryker. I went on his payroll at about half the salary I was getting before, to cover what he called Harvest in Ohio. Ben Shahn callcoverhalf Change image and share on social
When you talk about war on poverty it doesn't mean very much; but if you can show to some degree this sort of thing then you can show a great deal more of how people are living and a very great percentage of our people today. Ben Shahn dealdegreegreat share on social
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 accomplishadministrationdepression share on social
