The World of W Eugene Smith

The Art of Photography

Ted Forbes

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🗓️ 8 October 2015

⏱️ 18 minutes

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W Eugene Smith is probably one of the most brilliant photojournalists of the mid-20th century. He was a master of the photo essay as his contributions to LIFE magazine, Harpers Bazaar, and the New York Times touched a generation. He was one of the most prolific photographers ever leaving a legacy of hundreds of thousands of photos. This is the story of W Eugene Smith. JAZZ LOFT PROJECT http://www.jazzloftproject.org/ WNYU JAZZ PROJECT RECORDINGS http://www.wnyc.org/story/858-episode-1-introduction/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/tedforbes Instagram: http://instagram.com/tedforbes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aop.podcast Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/tedforbes Website: http://theartofphotography.tv And get on our mailing list to stay up to date on photography news and the latest episodes: http://theartofphotography.tv/about/mailing-list/ Ted Forbes The Art of Photography 3100 Main St #135 Dallas, Texas 75226 Thanks for watching - if you like this video, remember to share it with your friends! My name is Ted Forbes and I make videos about photography. I’ve been making photographs most of my life and I have a tremendously deep passion for photography that I want to share with you on YouTube. The Art of Photography is my channel and I produce photography videos to provide a 360 degree look into the world of making images. We all want to get better so lets do this together! I make videos covering famous photographers, photography techniques, composition, the history of photography and much more. I also have a strong community of photographers who watch the show and we frequently do social media challenges for photographers to submit their own work. I feature the best and most interesting on the show when we do these so come check it out and get involved!

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0:00.0	In this episode I want to take a look at the work of W Eugene Smith and
0:03.7	W Eugene Smith was probably one of the most prolific in many ways the most
0:07.5	brilliant and one of the most important photojournalists to come out of the United States
0:11.0	in the mid 20th century.
0:12.8	If you're not familiar with his work,
0:14.4	I will say that Eugene Smith can be
0:16.2	somewhat overwhelming because of the sheer volume of it.
0:18.9	And if you are familiar with his work,
0:20.3	you know what I'm talking about.
0:21.6	Eugene Smith rarely worked with single images.
0:24.2	He liked to work in what was referred to in the 1950s as the photo essay.
0:28.7	And the way the photo essay worked, if you consider where media was in the 1950s versus where it is today. We didn't have the
0:33.9	plethora of cable channels or internet or any of those things. And there were
0:37.3	several publications. Life magazine was one of the big ones that would send
0:40.5	a photographer out in the field to cover a story.
0:42.8	They would come back and the story would be printed over a series of magazine spreads
0:46.8	and multiple images that would work together to tell the story.
0:50.0	And Eugene Smith was one of the masters of this medium. And it was one of the masters of this medium.
0:53.3	And it was one of the things that just really
0:55.8	made him one of the brilliant minds in photojournalism.
0:58.9	And his work is also very complex.
1:01.9	As I mentioned, the sheer volume of it it so what I want to do is give you
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