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 biteconfessdictatorial share on social
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
I didn't care where my works were published. Ben Shahn carepublishwork 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 the South or in the mine country, wherever you point the camera there is a picture. Ben Shahn cameracountrymine 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
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
