I am of the opinion that to dodge a negative in any way whatever except the spotting out of unavoidable mechanical defects, is not art, but a miserable confession of inability to treat photography as a fine art… I contend that… any artistic effect desired can be faithfully done by pure photography without any retouching whatever.
- George Smith, Views on nudes by Bill Jay , ISBN: 0240507312 , Page: 125
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