Great Black and White Photographers Part 2

W.Eugene Smith

He was born on december 30th in 1918. He grew up in Wichita Kansas. He shot his first photos between 1933 and 1935. Also during Eugene's life his father had committed suicide. He started questioning american journalism when the article was published in the newspaper. From 1936 to 1937 Engene studied at the University of Notre Dame, in Indiana. He had gotten a scholarship there and he mainly studied photography. Then after he graduated he accepted a job as Newsweek photographer in new york. Eugene worked with mini cameras using a technique that could make indoor images appear to have lamp light or natural light. During world war II he visited Japan three times to photograph the events and conditions. He was dedicated to his work and worked for Life to recored and shoot what he saw. He is known for many other topics of photography also. Eugene smith died in Tucson, Arizona on October 15, 1978 at the age of 59.

Sources:
http://biography.yourdictionary.com/w-eugene-smith
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Eugene_Smith
http://nymag.com/arts/books/features/62876/
Pictures:
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