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Biography of W. Eugene Smith
Name: W. Eugene Smith
Birth Date: December 30, 1918
Death Date: October 15, 1978
Place of Birth: Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: photojournalist
W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) is considered one of the masters of modern photojournalism. He created some of the most poignant images of war ever made. Smith's photo essays chronicling social injustice deeply moved the American public. His images of the devastating effects of mercury poisoning in Japan were some of his most evocative works.William Eugene Smith was born in Wichita, Kansas on December 30, 1918. He attended Catholic elementary and high schools there from 1924 to 1935. Smith took his first photographs between 1933 and 1935. Wichita press photographer, Frank Noel, encouraged him to contribute occasional photographs to local newspapers.When Smith's father committed suicide, newspaper accounts of the incident greatly distorted the actual circumstances. This made him question the standards of American journalism. Smith vowed to become a photojournalist, applying the highest standards to his own career. He was determined to seek absolute personal honesty in his own documentary work.Smith studied photography on a …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…of understanding and compassion for those whose lives are alien to our own. Photography is a small voice. I believe in it. If it is well conceived, it sometimes works." Smith died in Tucson, Arizona on October 15, 1978. Further Reading Frizot, Michel, New History of Photography, Konemann, 1999.Hughes, Jim, W. Eugene Smith: Shadow and Substance: The Life and Work of an American Photographer, 1989.Smith, W. Eugene and Ben Maddow, Let Truth Be the Prejudice: W. Eugene Smith His Life and Photographs, Aperture, 1998. W. Eugene Smith: Photographs 1934-1975, edited by John T. Hill, Harry N. Abrams, 1998.Life, Fall 1986.Modern Photography, January 1984; October 1985. Kobre, Ken, "A Last Interview With W. Eugene Smith (1918 - 1978)," The Master's Exhibition, http://www.nirvana.demon.co.uk/W.E.Smith.txt (April 17, 1999)."PhotoReviews," PhotoGuide Japan, http://photojpn.org/DATA/review/docu1/smith.html (April 10, 1999)."Smith, W. Eugene," Masters of Photography, http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/smith/smith_articles1.html (April 10, 1999).
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