Eugene smith photographer pittsburgh childrens hospital
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Eugene smith photographer pittsburgh childrens hospital
Smith and wife Aileen, 1974, Consuelo Kanaga
William Eugene Smith (December 30, 1918 - October 15, 1978) was an American photojournalist. He has been described as "perhaps the single most important American photographer in the development of the editorial photo essay." 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 damaged the health of the residents of Minamata in Japan.
His 1948 series, Country Doctor, photographed for Life, is now recognized as "the first extended editorial photo story".
Life and early work
William Eugene Smith was born in Wichita, Kansas, on December 30, 1918, to William H.
Smith and his wife Nettie (née Lee). Growing up, Smith had become fascinat