W. Eugene Smith

<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>Japanese boy emerging from hiding at the Battle of Saipan Island during the Pacific Campaign. World War II. June, 1944.</i></p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>US Marine rifleman taking aim near body of dead Japanese soldier (killed in a banzai suicide charge) during the Battle of Saipan Island. World War II. Pacific Campaign. July 1, 1944.</p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>U.S. Marine drinks out of his canteen at the Battle of Saipan Island during the Pacific Campaign. World War II. 27 June, 1944.</i></p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>U.S. Marine holding a wounded and dying baby found in the mountains at the Battle of Saipan Island during the Pacific Campaign. World War II. June, 1944.</i></p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>World War II. The Pacific Campaign. Marshall Islands. 22 February 1944. Tinian Island (occupied by the Japanese). US Navy Avenger fighter bombers.</p>
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<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>Newborn baby in makeshift crib near cold stove. South Carolina, USA. 1951.</p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>Steel plant. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 1955.</p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>Steelworker. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 1955.</i></p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>Nun waiting for survivors of SS Andrea Doria, an Italian ocean liner which collided with another ship near the coast of Nantucket. The survivors were brought to New York City. New York City Harbor, USA. July 1956.</i></p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>Bernardina Curiel carrying 24 loaves of homed bread to the local bakery, in order to bake them. From the Spanish Village photo-essay. Deleitosa, Spain. 1951.</i></p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>French Equatorial Africa. Gabon. Lambarene. 1954. On the grounds of Dr. Albert Schweitzer's Mission Hospital. 1954</i></p>
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<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>Members of the Guardia Civil, the rural police force in charge of patrolling the countryside. From the Spanish Village photo-essay. Deleitosa, Spain. 1951.</p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>Dr. Ceriani with Lee Marie Wheatly, a two-and-a-half-year-old child who needed emergency treatment after having been kicked in the head by a horse. Colorado, USA. 1948.</i></p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>Dr. Ceriani resting in his kitchen, after having spent the night operating. Kremmling, Colorado, USA. 1948.</i></p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>'The Walk to Paradise Garden'. The Smith children Patrick and Juanita. USA. 1946.</p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>Albert Schweitzer supervises the building of a hospital. Gabon, West Africa. 1954.</i></p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>Hitachi shipboard worker. 1961.</i></p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>Ammunition being loaded onto planes aboard the USS Bunker Hill aircraft carrier. World War II. The Pacific Campaign. 1943.</i></p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>A woman at the wake of Juan Carra Trujillo. From the Spanish Village photo-essay. Deleitosa, Spain. 1951.</p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>A woman spinning. Following the tradition, the woman moistens the fibres of locally grown flax and joins them in long strands to a spindle. From the Spanish Village photo-essay. Deleitosa, Spain. 1951.</p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>Tropical rainstorm over Dr. Albert Schweitzer's missionary station. Lambarene, Gabon, French Equatorial Africa. 1954.</i></p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>Leprosy patient. French Equatorial Africa. Gabon. Lambarene. 1954.</i></p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>Three generations of miners. A Welsh coal-mining town, Wales, Great Britain. 1950.</i></p>
<p><b>W. Eugene Smith</b>, <i>Tomoko Uemura in her bath. Minimata, Japan. 1972.</i></p>
American
1918 , d. 1978

William Eugene Smith shot for two local papers after high school, then moved to New York and worked for Newsweek. Fired from Newsweek for refusing to use a medium format camera; went on to work for Life, then became member of Magnum Photos. Known for perfectionism, photos of WWII and photo-essays on Albert Schweitzer, a country doctor, Pittsburgh, and Minimata disease, to name a few.


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time well spent

closeup view Jack Troy cup, links to Jack Troy artist page

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link to newest page of ceramic artist links, including link to Scott Parady, pictured

time flies

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