W. Eugene Smith

Title:Unknown (possibly Wounded Solider)

Artist: W. Eugene Smith

Medium: Unknown

Year:1945

Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)? W. Eugene Smith was very signigicany in photographing the second World War. He did not follow the typical main stream media, and how they showed imiages of the war. He took very brutal, and realistic photos of the war, vitctems, etc. He eventually died of a stroke, possibly caused by his addiction to amphetamine and alcohol.

　

　

Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).

I personally enjoyed his work, and found it brutally vivid. I can really appreiciate that he did not "hold back" on what he wanted to photograph.. He wanted to show how brutal the war was, and what the 'truth' looked like. Even today we are very censored in media to see what is REALLY going on over seas, in wars, etc. We need more photographers willing to go against the grain of typical standard photo journalist, and bring the truth to light. His revealing photos is what allows people not in the war, to really see what was going on, and see the tragic and catastrophic events were taking place.

　

　

Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog): BMJohnson