
Untitled
Catalogue
- Year
- 1955
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 34.1 × 22.3 cm (13 7/16 × 8 13/16 in.); Mount: 50.8 × 40.6 cm (20 × 16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- W. Eugene Smith
Artist

Photography
W. Eugene Smith was an American photojournalist whose black-and-white photographs documented postwar social conditions with unprecedented narrative depth and formal intensity. Working primarily for Life magazine, Smith developed a distinctive approach to the photo essay, combining rigorous compositional control with intimate access to his subjects. His extended projects on country doctors, nurses, and industrial communities established photography as a vehicle for sustained social inquiry. Smith's technical mastery and commitment to uncompromising editorial vision made him one of the most influential photographers of the mid-twentieth century.
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Record
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- W. Eugene Smith
- Year
- 1955
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 34.1 × 22.3 cm (13 7/16 × 8 13/16 in.); Mount: 50.8 × 40.6 cm (20 × 16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1955-106132
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





