W Eugene Smith, the photographer who wanted to record.
Country doctor (by W. Eugene Smith, The Country Doctor photo essay was an intimate portrait of life and death in the a small rural town of Kremmling, Colorado. Yes, Tomorrow is - photographer, W. Eugene Smith via Feature Shoot Ceriani examines the stitches in the lacerated hand of a young patient.W. Eugene Smith, an icon in the field of twentieth-century photography, is best known as the master of the humanistic photographic essay. Smith's most expressive and frequently reproduced images—World War II combat, the country doctor and nurse-midwife, Pittsburgh, Albert Schweitzer in Africa.Like the country which he came from and the magazine, LIFE, which hired him, Smith’s work was refreshingly direct, sometimes sentimental and often optimistic. The credos of those who have been awarded the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography are generally more sober, less drawn to epiphany. Few seem to agree with Smith that the.
Magnum Photos is a photographic cooperative of great diversity and distinction owned by its photographer members. With powerful individual vision, Magnum photographers chronicle the world and interpret its peoples, events, issues and personalities.W. Eugene Smith's interest in photography grew out of a boyhood passion for airplanes. His mother, herself an amateur photographer, suggested he make his own photographs of planes rather than borrow money from her to buy photos by mail.
The W. Eugene Smith Fund supports photographers whose work follows the tradition of W. Eugene Smith’s humanistic photography and dedicated compassion evidenced during his 45-year career as a photographic essayist. How W. Eugene Smith set a standard for what photography can be.
