W. Eugene Smith - Collections and Notable Photographs

Collections and Notable Photographs

  • (1944) photograph in which a wounded infant is found by an American soldier on Saipan
  • (1945) photograph in which Marines blow up a Japanese cave on Iwo Jima, published on the cover of Life Magazine, April 9, 1945
  • "The Walk to Paradise Garden" (1946) single photo of his two children walking hand in hand towards a clearing in woods. It was the closing image in the groundbreaking 1955 MOMA exhibition, "The Family of Man," organized by Edward Steichen with 503 photographs, by 273 photographers from 68 countries, that he recognized as picturing "the essential oneness of mankind throughout the world the gamut of life from birth to death."
  • "Country Doctor" (1948) photo essay on Dr. Ernest Ceriani in the small Colorado town of Kremmling. Credited as the first "photo story" of the modern photojournalism age.
  • Spanish Village (1950) photo essay on the small Spanish town of Deleitosa.
  • "Nurse Midwife" (1951) photo essay on midwife Maude E. Callen in South Carolina.
  • A Man of Mercy (1954) photo essay on Dr. Albert Schweitzer and his humanitarian work in French Equatorial Africa.
  • "Pittsburgh" (1955–1958) 3 year-long project on the city, hired initially by photo editor Stefan Lorant for a three-week assignment.
  • Haiti 1958–1959 photo essay on a psychiatric institute in Haiti.
  • "Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath" (1971) the centerpiece photograph in Minamata, a long-term photo essay by Smith on the effects of mercury poisoning in the fishing village of Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan (see Minamata disease). The photograph depicts a mother cradling her severely deformed, naked daughter in a traditional Japanese bathing chamber. This has been withdrawn from circulation in accordance with the parents' wishes. The photograph was the centerpiece of a Minamata disease exhibition held in Tokyo, Japan, in 1974.

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