W. Eugene Smith: Father of the Photo Essay

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W. Eugene Smith: Father of the Photo Essay

Last week, I talked about the photo essay “Country Doctor” by W. Eugene Smith, and today I would like to focus more on his life and photography in

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2019/08/17/w-eugene-smith-master-of-the-editorial-photo-essay/

William Eugene Smith has been described as “perhaps the single most important American photographer in the development of the editorial photo essay.” He shot photo projects so large that they cannot be displayed in any museum. Let’s take a closer look at this brilliant photographer.

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