W. Eugene Smith was a well known photojournalist who lived from 1918 to 1978 and worked as a photographer for such well know magazines as Life and Newsweek.
Eugene Smith was taking pictures from a very young age and had been published in dozens of magazines by the age of 21.
Eugene Smith was known for his ability to capture the essence and emotion behind a scene in photography. Like this picture from life magazine of the aftermath of a battle in WW2 in the pacific.
The apparent destruction and the use of foreground objects and depth in the photo add to its supreme feeling of reality and the essence of war. This is a prime example of his style and the feeling of a lot of war photographs.
Eugene Smith was assigned to cover the war in the pacific skillfully captured the horror of war in the Pacific, and some of his most famous pictures were taken there.
In this picture, Eugene Smith used a wide view and the size of the soldiers to emphasize the enormity of the explosion.
Also, his timing in taking the picture was perfect to capture such a spectacular image.
After the war, Eugene Smith focused on the plight of factory workers.
These pictures cast a somewhat sinister light on industry and the treatment of workers, while at the same time pointing out workers determination and good spirit. Eugene again uses depth to make his photography more effective, although to a lesser extent in the first picture.
W. Eugene Smith contributed greatly to the world of photography, especially photojournalism. He took some of the most moving pictures of war and the most revealing pictures of industry ever taken.
http://www.life.com/image/50624363
http://www.pbase.com/omoses/image/61501608
http://www.nysun.com/arts/w-eugene-smiths-risky-business/81188/
http://www.ralphmag.org/DY/smith-photographer.html
http://masters-of-photography.com/S/smith/smith_miners_full.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/w-eugene-smith
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Eugene_Smith
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