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His archives are held at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona. Today, Smith’s legacy lives on through the W. Eugene Smith Fund to promote ‘humanistic photography’, founded in 1980, which awards photographers for exceptional accomplishments in the field.
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]
- 1934–1978
- October 15, 1978 (aged 59), Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
- William Eugene Smith, December 30, 1918, Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
- Photojournalist
Learn about W. Eugene Smith, one of the many photographers for LIFE who captured some of the most iconic pictures from the US & around the World.
13 giu 2018 · W. Eugene Smith: la fotografia come ricerca dell’assoluto. Ossessione o genio? Cristina Villani 13 Giugno 2018 commenti? Il nero impera. Le ombre, la caligine, i fumi delle città industriali, le ferite sulla pelle, rispecchiano l’animo cupo e travagliato di W. Eugene Smith (1910, Wichita, Kansas – 1978, Tucson, Arizona).
The definitive biography on W. Eugene Smith was written by Jim Hughes in 1989: W. Eugene Smith: Shadow and Substance, The Life and Work of an American Photographer. His research archive was donated to ICP in 2009.
15 apr 2019 · Photo by Aileen M. Smith. W. Eugene Smith Patients and relatives carry photographs of the 'verified' dead on the last day of the Minamata Trial (victims of the disease against the Chisso Plant). Minamata Bay, Japan. 1972 © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos.
