W. EUGENE SMITH



More real than reality


Steel Mill Worker, Pittsburgh, 1955
Gelatin silver print, 15.1 x 21.5 cm

Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: W. Eugene Smith Archive / Gift of the artist
© The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith, courtesy Black Star, Inc., New York

Dr. Ceriani Going from House to Hospital, 1948
Gelatin silver print, 26.9 x 34.4 cm

Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: W. Eugene Smith Archive / Gift of the artist
© The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith, courtesy Black Star, Inc., New York

Dr. Ernest Ceriani Following the Loss of a Mother and Child During Childbirth, 1948
Gelatin silver print, 28 x 20.2 cm

Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: W. Eugene Smith Archive / Gift of the artist
© The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith, courtesy Black Star, Inc., New York

Dr. Ernest Ceriani providing emergency treatment for little girl kicked by horse, 1948Dr. Ernest Ceriani bei einer Notbehandlung eines kleinen Mädchens, das von einem Pferd getreten wurde, 1948
Gelatin silver print, 34.1 x 27.1 cm

Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: W. Eugene Smith Archive / Gift of the artist
© The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith, courtesy Black Star, Inc., New York

Untitled, 1955
Gelatin silver print, 22.2 x 34 cm

Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: W. Eugene Smith Archive / Gift of the artist
© The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith, courtesy Black Star, Inc., New York

Dance of the Flaming Coke, 1955
Gelatin silver print, 20.6 x 33 cm

Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: W. Eugene Smith Archive / Gift of the artist
© The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith, courtesy Black Star, Inc., New York

Albert Schweitzer, Aspen, Colorado, 1949
Gelatin silver print, 24.7 x 33.2 cm

Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: W. Eugene Smith Archive / Gift of the artist
© The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith, courtesy Black Star, Inc., New York

Untitled, 1954
Gelatin silver print, 33.5 x 23.6 cm

Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: W. Eugene Smith Archive / Gift of the artist
© The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith, courtesy Black Star, Inc., New York

Untitled, 1954
Gelatin silver print, 34.6 x 25.2 cm

Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: W. Eugene Smith Archive / Gift of the artist
© The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith, courtesy Black Star, Inc., New York

Maude – Delivery, 1951
Gelatin silver print, 32.7 x 25 cm

Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: W. Eugene Smith Archive / Gift of the artist
© The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith, courtesy Black Star, Inc., New York

Guardia Civil, Spain, 1950
Gelatin silver print, 25.1 x 32.1 cm

Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: W. Eugene Smith Archive / Gift of the artist
© The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith, courtesy Black Star, Inc., New York

The Wake, 1950
Gelatin silver print, 22.2 x 33.1 cm

Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: W. Eugene Smith Archive / Gift of the artist
© The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith, courtesy Black Star, Inc., New York



Photos by W. Eugene Smith © The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith

Exhibition courtesy of Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin

W. Eugene Smith. Photographs - A retrospective. 25 September - 27 November 2011

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Organised by La Fabrica, Madrid
Curated by Enrica Viganò

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