The photograph humanist W. Eugene Smith
Photo © W. Eugene Smith. The Walk to Paradise Garden, 1947. The American photographer W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) was born in Wichita, Kansas, where he began his career working for two local newspapers. After he moved to New York City and worked for Newsweek and became known for his perfectionism and his strong personality. Smith was fired from Newsweek for refusing the type of camera that his boss wanted to impose. As a correspondent of World War II, Smith portrayed the forefront of the American offensive against Japan, Saipan, Guam, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. In May 1945, during the conflict of Iwo Jima he suffered a serious injury to the hands and face in the explosion of a missile. It took 33 operations to regain their abilities: "When I wanted to try taking a picture until I was hard put the film in the camera," said Smith. After two years of treatment, plastic surgery and many doubts about the future, Smith returned to work even more inspired to uphold the ideals of "humanistic photography" ("humanistic photography"). He joined Magnum in 1955. The picture he made about the disaster at Minamata in 1972 is one of the most familiar images of his work. See more pictures of W. Eugene Smith Here
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