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American,
December 20, 1918 - October 15, 1978
W.
Eugene Smith created some of the most powerful photographs
in the history of journalism. He worked as a photographer
for local papers then went to New York City and worked for
several magazines. In 1943 – 44, as a war correspondent
for Life magazine, he covered many of the important battles
of the Pacific theatre. He produced a number of photoessays
for LIFE Magazine, such as Spanish Village (1951),
a study of villagers' daily struggle to draw life from exhausted
soil. His most famous picture, The Walk to Paradise
Garden (1947), showing his own children entering a
forest clearing, concluded the landmark photographic exhibition
The Family of Man. Brittanica
" Available light is any damn light that is available!"
~ W. Eugene Smith
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