Tag: W. Eugene Smith
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The Midcentury Photographers Who Balanced Reportage with Artistry
The Midcentury Photographers Who Balanced Reportage with Artistry From W. Eugene Smith to Dorothea Lange, Olivia Laing considers the tensions between record and metaphor in the 1950s and ’60s. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/the-midcentury-photographers-who-balanced-reportage-with-artistry/ From W. Eugene Smith to Dorothea Lange, photography in the 1950s and ’60s was alive with the tensions between record and metaphor.
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Blind – Revisiting “Minamata,” W. Eugene Smith’s Final Photo Series
Revisiting “Minamata,” W. Eugene Smith’s Final Photo Series The new film Minamata starring Johnny Depp explores the final chapter of Smith’s career. Here, his widow Aileen Mioko Smith recounts their extraordinary work. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/1352/Revisiting-Minamata-W-Eugene-Smiths-Final-Photo-Series The new film Minamata starring Johnny Depp explores the final chapter of Smith’s career. Here, his widow Aileen Mioko Smith recounts their extraordinary…
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Turning Points: Life-Changing Moments by Magnum Photographers – Photographs and texts courtesy of Magnum Photos | LensCulture
Turning Points: Life-Changing Moments by Magnum Photographers – Photographs and texts courtesy of Magnum Photos | LensCulture From iconic images of major world events, to intimate moments of pleasure and delight — here is an outstanding selection of remarkable images from Magnum Photos — each with a personal story via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/magnum-photos-turning-points-life-changing-moments-by-magnum-photographers From iconic images…
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W. Eugene Smith's Madness 1959 – Conscientious
Link: W. Eugene Smith was one of the greatest photojournalists of the 20th Century, but I think he would probably have a hard time if he was still alive and decided to enter World Press Photo, which just decreed that only “retouching which conforms to currently accepted standards in the industry is allowed.”
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Exploring the ‘Country Doctor’ Photo Essay by W. Eugene Smith
Link: Martin from All About Street Photography has produced this interesting exploration of the Country Doctor series for those who want to take a deeper dive into this iconic work.
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W. Eugene Smith: Father of the Photo Essay
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…
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The Unknown Eye and the Eugenes. – The Eye of Photography
[contentcards url=”http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/06/30/article/159958492/the-unknown-eye-and-the-eugenes/”] The Unknown Eye and the Eugenes. – The Eye of Photography The Call for Entries for the 2017 W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund just ended for this year, and it happened on the same day the great Eugene Richards’ first museum retrospective and tour opened. The Eugenes, Smith and Richards, make for good company because they…
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In the Darkroom with W. Eugene Smith
In the Darkroom with W. Eugene Smith via The Paris Review: http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/11/20/in-the-darkroom-with-w-eugene-smith/ Gene always liked to get separations around people, figures, and that was always done with potassium ferrocyanide. It was the contrast that made the prints difficult. Gene saw the contrast with his eyes, but the negative wouldn’t capture it the same way. So…
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Tri-X
Tri-X – Gene Smith was our Jim Morrison I guess what I miss most is the solitude. I remember standing alone in the pitch black of a hotel road darkroom after a dangerous day, with my arms thrust deep into a sink of 68-degree wash water for no reason while I waited for the fixer…
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Discussing Honesty in Imagery
Link: Discussing Honesty in Imagery – NYTimes.com “The American Society of Media Photographers recently discovered the transcript of an interview of W. Eugene Smith, conducted by the great portraitist Philippe Halsmann and the society’s first president”
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AMERICANSUBURB X: THEORY: "W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Photographs (2001)"
W. EUGENE SMITH: “W. Eugene Smith’s Pittsburgh Photographs” (2001) W. Eugene Smith’s Pittsburgh Photographs Carnegie, Nov/Dec 2001 by Ellen S. Wilson “Don’t expect,” wrote photographer W Eugene Smith, “a point-by-point hand-led tour. This is an experience as an intensely curious visitor (perhaps a new resident) mig via AMERICAN SUBURB X: http://www.americansuburbx.com/2009/11/theory-w-eugene-smiths-pittsburgh.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Americansuburb+%28AMERICANSUBURBX%29 “Don’t expect,” wrote photographer…
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The Legacy of W. Eugene Smith
The Legacy of W. Eugene Smith « Steve McCurry’s Blog: One of his quotes summarizes his philosophy: “What use having a great depth of field, if there is not an adequate depth of feeling?”
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Richard’s Notes » Blog Archive » Brilliant Fever: W. Eugene Smith and Pittsburgh
A good friend of mine just gave me the DVD: Brilliant Fever: W. Eugene Smith and Pittsburgh and while I knew Smith’s work, I fell in love with it all over again watching it.