Carl Mydans
Carl Mydans
Carl Mydanswas an American photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration and Life magazine...
war thinking hands
... I think it is fair to say that all war photographers hide behind their cameras. I hid behind mine for years and years and years. It was a shield... I think that the photographer in combat has a greater protection than the soldier who has a rifle in his hand. That camera has unbelievable protective power.
war eye adversaries
We cannot hope to control what we do not understand, nor to confront our adversary, war, with our eyes averted.
art creativity hands
One is not really a photographer until preoccupation with learning has been outgrown and the camera in his hands is an extension of himself. This is where creativity begins.
difficult found impressive
I found him an impressive man, and a very difficult man.
dignity horrific living people within
You really see dignity within people who are living through the most horrific of times.
absolutely across affected came coming country deck entire feelings ship sound surrender tapping vindictive
As he came across the deck, tapping the deck with his cane, the entire ship was absolutely silent. And the sound of him coming to surrender his country -- tap, tap, tap -- affected me greatly. And my vindictive feelings about him vanished.