W. Eugene Smith | |
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._W._Eugene_Smith_and_Aileen,_1974_(borderless).jpg) Smith and wife Aileen, 1974 (Photo by Consuelo Kanaga) | |
| Born | William Eugene Smith December 30, 1918 Wichita, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | October 15, 1978 (aged 59) Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
| Occupation | Photojournalist |
| Years active | 1934–1978 |
| Spouse |
Aileen Mioko (m. 1971) |
William Eugene Smith (December 30, 1918 – October 15, 1978) was an American photojournalist.[1] He has been described as "perhaps the single most important American photographer in the development of the editorial photo essay."[2] His major photo essays include World War II photographs, the visual stories of an American country doctor and a nurse midwife, the clinic of Albert Schweitzer in French Equatorial Africa, the city of Pittsburgh, and the pollution which damaged the health of the residents of Minamata in Japan.[3] His 1948 series, Country Doctor, photographed for Life, is now recognized as "the first extended editorial photo story".[2]
- ^ Peacock, Scot. "W(illiam) Eugene Smith." Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2003. Biography in Context.
- ^ a b O'Hagan, Sean (August 6, 2017). "W Eugene Smith, the photographer who wanted to record everything". The Observer. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
- ^ Hudson, Berkley (2009). Sterling, Christopher H. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Journalism. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE. pp. 1060–67. ISBN 978-0-7619-2957-4.