#available light

'𝑨𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆!'

W. Eugene Smith

Remembering the late photographer William Eugene Smith, who was born on this day, December the 30th, in 1918.

American photojournalist Smith has been described as "perhaps the single most important American photographer in the development of the editorial photo essay." with major photo essays including his World War II works, the visual stories of an American country doctor and a nurse midwife, the clinic of Albert Schweitzer in French Equatorial Africa, the Jazz Loft series, and the pollution which damaged the health of the residents of Minamata in Japan.

His 1948 series, 'Country Doctor' photographed for Life magazine, is now regarded by many as "the first extended editorial photo story".

You can read more about his life and see samples of his work via the link that I'll post in the comments section.

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