Conflict

Let Truth be the Prejudice

A study of the impact of conflict across the globe and a document of the work of W. Eugene Smith

W. Eugene Smith

W. Eugene Smith | Let Truth be the Prejudice Jazz musician Thelonious Monk. USA. Circa 1965. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Photos © W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith | Let Truth be the Prejudice 'The walk to paradise garden'. The Smith children Patrick and Juanita. USA. 1946. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Photos © W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith | Let Truth be the Prejudice Dr. Ceriani, 32, resting in his kitchen, after having spent the night operating. Dr. Ernest Guy Ceriani, a country doctor, takes care of all the people in the town and in the 400 surrounding miles. (...)
W. Eugene Smith | Let Truth be the Prejudice Dr. Ceriani with Lee Marie Wheatly, a two and a half year old child who needed emergency treatment after having been kicked in the head by a horse. Kremmling, USA. 1948. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 201 (...)
W. Eugene Smith | Let Truth be the Prejudice US Marine during the Battle of Saipan Island, The Pacific Campaign - World War II. Northern Mariana Islands. June 27, 1944. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Photos © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith | Let Truth be the Prejudice US Marine holding a wounded and dying baby found in the mountains. Battle of Saipan Island. The Pacific Campaign - World War II. Northern Mariana Islands. June, 1944. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 T (...)
W. Eugene Smith | Let Truth be the Prejudice US Marine demolition team blasting out a cave on Hill 382. The Battle of Iwo Jima. The Pacific Campaign - World War II. Iwo Jima, Japan. February, 1945. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. (...)
W. Eugene Smith | Let Truth be the Prejudice Dr. Ernest Guy Ceriani, a country doctor, going to visit his patients in their remote villages. Kremmling, USA. 1948. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Photos © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith | Let Truth be the Prejudice Three generations of miners. A Welsh coal-mining town. Wales. 1950. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Photos © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith | Let Truth be the Prejudice Members of the Guardia Civil, the rural police force in charge of patrolling the countryside. Deleitosa, Spain. 1951. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Photos © W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith | Let Truth be the Prejudice French doctor Albert Schweitzer. Aspen, USA. 1949. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Photos © W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith | Let Truth be the Prejudice Hooded crowd with leader pointing to Smith during Ku Klux Klan meeting. North Carolina, USA. 1951. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Photos © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith | Let Truth be the Prejudice 'Dream', a street sign in a poor district. Pittsburgh, USA. 1955. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Photos © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith | Let Truth be the Prejudice Steelworker. Pittsburgh, USA. 1955. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Photos © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith | Let Truth be the Prejudice Patient in a mental hospital. Haiti. 1959. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Photos © W. Eugene Smith
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