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W. Eugene Smith: Master of the Photo Essay

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W. Eugene Smith Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 1955. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Photos © W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith USA. Colorado. Kremmling. 1948. Dr. Ernest Guy CERIANI, a country doctor (aged 32), going to visit his patients in their remote villages. © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith USA. Colorado. 1948. Dr CERIANI visiting Joe Jesmer, an 82 year old man who was having a heart attack. Dr. Ernest Guy CERIANI, a country doctor (aged 32), takes care of all the people in the town (...)
W. Eugene Smith USA. Colorado. 1948. Dr CERIANI calling a priest from Joe Jesmer's home, an 82 year old man who was having a heart attack. Dr. Ernest Guy CERIANI, a country doctor (aged 32), takes care of all t (...)
W. Eugene Smith USA. Colorado. 1948. Dr. Ernest Guy CERIANI, a country doctor (aged 32), takes care of all the people in the town of Kremmling and in the 400 miles surrounding the town. © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith USA. Colorado. 1948. Dr. CERIANI carrying Thomas Mitchell (85), who has gangrene in his foot. Dr. Ernest Guy CERIANI, a country doctor (aged 32), takes care of all the people in the town of Kremml (...)
W. Eugene Smith SPAIN. Extremadura. Province of Caceres. Deleitosa. 1951. Members of the Guardia Civil, the rural police force in charge of patrolling the countryside.

From "Spanish Village" photo-essay. © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith USA. Colorado. 1948. Dr CERIANI examing Joe Jesmer, an 82 year old man who had had a heart attack. Dr. Ernest Guy CERIANI, a country doctor (aged 32), takes care of all the people in the town of (...)
W. Eugene Smith SPAIN. Extremadura. Province of Caceres. Deleitosa. 1951. Bernardina CURIEL carrying 24 loaves of home made bread to the local bakery, in order to bake them.

From "Spanish Village" photo-essay. © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith SPAIN. Extremadura. Province of Caceres. Deleitosa. 1951. A little boy , Lutero Curiel, collects donkey excrement in front of his parents home. It will be used by the family as fertilizer for their (...)
W. Eugene Smith Wake of Juan Carra Trujillo. From "Spanish Village" photo-essay. Deleitosa, Province of Caceres, Extremadura, Spain. 1951. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Photos © W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith Lorenza Curiel (7 years old), dressed for her First Communion, going to church with her mother. From "Spanish Village" photo-essay. Deleitosa, Province of Caceres, Extremadura, Spain. 1951. W. Euge (...)
W. Eugene Smith Wake of Juan Carra Trujillo. From "Spanish Village" photo-essay. Deleitosa, Province of Caceres, Extremadura, Spain. 1951. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Photos © W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith A mother waits for Maude Callen’s visit. Maude Callen (51 years old) is a licensed nurse-midwife. She provides medical care and social services for over 10.000 people in a 400 square mile area in r (...)
W. Eugene Smith USA. South Carolina. 1951. Maude CALLEN (on the right), visiting a child. Maude CALLEN (51 years old) is a licensed nurse-midwife. She provides medical care and social services for over 10.000 pe (...)
W. Eugene Smith USA. South Carolina. 1951. Maude CALLEN returning home after having visited a patient. Maude CALLEN (51 years old) is a licensed nurse-midwife. She provides medical care and social services for ov (...)
W. Eugene Smith French Equatorial Africa. Gabon. Lambarene. 1954. Dr. Albert SCHWEITZER at the Mission Hospital. © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith USA. Colorado. Aspen. 1949. French doctor Albert SCHWEITZER. © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith Steel plant. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 1955. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Photos © W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith USA. Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh. 1955. Steelworker. © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith USA. Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh. 1955. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Photos © W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith Steelworker. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 1955. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Photos © W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith Industrial waste from the Chisso Chemical Plant being dumped into Minamata Bay. Japan. 1971. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Photos © W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith JAPAN. Tokyo. Victims of Minimata disease, and sympathisers, demonstrating in front of the Chisso headquarters. They pitched up a tent and spent the whole night on the sidewalk. 1971. © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith JAPAN. Minamata. Yahei IKEBA with his wife. They both suffer from the Minamata Disease. Yahei is bedridden and cannot feed himself. 1971. © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith JAPAN. Minamata. Toyoko MIZOCUCHI's funeral. Toyoko was one of the first recognised victims of the Minamata Disease. Her mother holds a picture of her. 1971. © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith JAPAN. Minamata. Takak ISAYAMA, a 12 year old fetal (congenital) victim of the Minamata Disease, with her mother. 1971. © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos
W. Eugene Smith Patients holding down a representative of the Chisso Chemical Plant, demanding that he look at them. Minamata Bay, Japan. 1971. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Ph (...)
W. Eugene Smith A victim of the disease. Minamata Bay, Japan. 1971. W. Eugene Smith © 1965, 2017 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith / Magnum Photos © W. Eugene Smith