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W. Eugene Smith And The Photographic Essay Is An In-depth Study Of The Work Of One Of The Most Important And Gifted Photojournalists Of The Postwar Period In America. Glenn Willumson Begins By Examining The Antecedents For The Photo-essay, A Genre That Developed In Unison With The Halftone Reproduction And The Illustrated Weekly Periodical. He Goes On To Analyze Closely Four Works That W. Eugene Smith Produced For Life Magazine, And For Which He Is Best Known: Country. Doctor, Spanish Village, Nurse Midwife, And A Man Of Mercy. In His Study Of These Works, Now Acknowledged To Set The Standard By Which The Photo-essay Is Judged, Willumson Explores The Conception, History, Political Context, And Public And Critical Reception Of The Essays. Analysis Of Previously Unknown Details Surrounding The Completion Of Each Assignment Demonstrates Smith's Commitment To The Photographic Essay As A Vehicle For Social Change. Celebrated For His. Dramatic, Individual Photographs, Smith Was A Serious Artist Who Made Efforts To Link His Visual Interpretation With An Appropriate Text, Whose Multiple Meanings Willumson Unravels. Smith Also Struggled To Exercise Control Over The Selection, Sequence, And

Author

Glenn Gardner Willumson; W. Eugene Smith

Publisher

Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521414647

Subjects

Photography, Arts

Rating

4.7 / 5 (6 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14