Eugene smith photography and kkk
Eugene smith
Eugene smith photography and kkk...
W. Eugene Smith
American photojournalist (1918–1978)
W. Eugene Smith | |
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Smith and wife Aileen, 1974 | |
| Born | William Eugene Smith (1918-12-30)December 30, 1918 Wichita, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | October 15, 1978(1978-10-15) (aged 59) Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
| Occupation | Photojournalist |
| Years active | 1934–1978 |
| Spouse | Carmen Martinez 1941, Aileen Mioko 1971 |
| Partner | Sherry Suris 1974 |
| Children | Marissa 1942, Juanita, Patric, Kevin 1956 |
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] His major photo essays include World War II photographs, the visual stories of an American country doctor and a nurse midwife, the clinic of Albert Schweitzer in French Equatorial Africa, the city of Pittsburgh, and the pollution which da