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W. Eugene Smith (American, 1918-1978)
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W. Eugene Smith
Doctor with Coffee Cup 1948
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W. Eugene Smith
Nurse Midwife Delivering Baby 1951
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W. Eugene Smith
Schweitzer, Aspen, Colorado 1949
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W. Eugene Smith
Spanish Wake, Spanish Village 1951
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W. Eugene Smith
Untitled (Calciner in Detergent Factory) From the series: The Reign of Chemistry 1953
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Biography |
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1918 |
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Born in Wichita, Kansas |
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1936 |
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Studied photography at Notre Dame University in Wichita |
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1937 |
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Studied with Helene Sanders at the New York Institute of Photography |
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1937 |
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Began working for Newsweek |
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1937 |
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Joined the Black Star agency as a freelance photographer |
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1943 - 1944 |
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Worked as a war correspondent for Flying magazine |
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1945 - 1947 |
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Worked for Life magazine |
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1978 |
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Died in Tuscon, Arizona |
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Exhibitions |
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2013 |
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Inner Journeys - Maison Particulière Art Center, Brussels |
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2012 |
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The Jazz Loft Project: W. Eugene Smith in New York City, 1957-1965 - Center for Creative Photography - University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
The Jazz Loft Project: W. Eugene Smith In Nyc, 1957-1965 - The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2012 - Forum für Fotografie, Cologne
W. Eugene Smith / Norton Photography Gallery - Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
William Eugene Smith - Pittsburgh, l'impossible labyrinthe (1955-1958) - Le Pavillon Populaire, Montpellier |
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2011 |
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The Jazz Loft Project: W. Eugene Smith in New York City, 1957-1965 - Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC |
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2010 |
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More Real than Reality - Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam |
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2008 |
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Living with the Dead: W. Eugene Smith and World War II - ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY
W. Eugene Smith - National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto (MOMAK), Kyoto
W. Eugene Smith: The Art of History - Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City, NY |
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2005 |
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W. Eugene Smith - Robert Mann Gallery, New York City, NY |
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2003 |
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A Sense of Hope: The Photographs of W. Eugene Smith--Museum Techniques Student Exhibition - Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS
Dream Street: W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Photographs - Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Durham, NC |
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2001 - 2002 |
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Dream Street - W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Photographs, Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh, PA; ICP, New York; Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ |
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1998 - 1999 |
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W. Eugene Smith, Hôtel de Sully, Paris, France; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland; Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, UK; Pallazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia, Italy |
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1995 |
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W. Eugene Smith - Vintage Photographs - Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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1991 |
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W. Eugene Smith, Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France |
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1985 |
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W. Eugene Smith: Let Truth Be the Prejudice - Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA |
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1984 |
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W. Eugène Smith - Le Chateau d'Eau, Toulouse |
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1979 |
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W. Eugene Smith - Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
W. Eugene Smith - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
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1978 |
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Eugene Smith Memorial - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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1974 |
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Let Truth Be the Prejudice, Jewish Museum, New York; American Institute of Architects Centennial Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
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1966 |
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Photographs by W. Eugene Smith - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
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1944 |
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Pacific Report: Photos By Eugene Smith - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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