Brief introduction of Eugene Smith.

Eugene Smith (W.EugeneSmith, 19 18- 1978) Eugene Smith was born in Wichita, Kansas, USA in 19 18. /kloc-When I was in middle school at the age of 0/4, I was keen on air sports photography and was inspired by news photographer Frank Noe. After graduating from high school, he was hired as a photojournalist by the Eagle and the Beacon in this city, and photographed the famous famine scenes in the desert basin in the midwest of the United States. From 65438 to 0936, Smith won a special photography scholarship and entered erasmus University in Rotterdam. Eugene Smith, who has received formal higher education, is qualified to join the newly-established Life magazine and become a member of Newsweek. Because he insisted on using the 6×6 small camera photos that just came out at that time, the publication fired him. At that time, these big magazines used big cameras and paid attention to the exquisiteness of photos to cater to readers. Smith thinks that using a small camera has more freedom of exploration. He is not satisfied with those works with great depth of field and insufficient emotional depth.

Smith was unfortunately injured while taking photos of simulated war. Therefore, after 1942 World War II, he applied to join the US Navy photography team led by edward steichen, but was not admitted due to poor health. However, Smith's determination to be a war correspondent has not changed at all. He eventually became a reporter for several publications in the Atlantic War Zone. Later, he was sent to the aircraft carrier Independence by a publishing company to report on many island battles in the Pacific theater. 1944, joined Life magazine again and continued to work in the Pacific Theater. The famous Saipan is the works of this period. He reported the cruel war with his own camera. He was injured again and again in the war, and finally returned to new york for treatment because of his serious injuries. Two years later, in 1946 after the war, he picked up the camera again and filmed the famous Road to Heaven, which was exhibited in the exhibition "Human Family" hosted by Steichen and became a world-famous work.

In the post-war years, Smith captured the grim and hopeful scenes in contemporary life with his camera, and his photos became a typical record of social life. I tried to influence people with my works, and I tried to guide them with photos and let them draw their own conclusions,' he said. He aimed his camera at the typical hero he chose. Ordinary people with lofty sentiments are victims of social injustice. 197 1 year, he devoted himself to reporting an incident in which a large chemical plant in Japan discharged poisons, polluted local water sources and endangered more than 10,000 people, setting an example for news photography to dare to expose social contradictions. May +097 1 (53 years old) started to go to Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Naoko went into the bathroom.

Smith advocates photographic articles, which are similar to what we call thematic photography, making his photographic works richer in content and more profound in the ideological style of characters. For example, his country doctor, midwife, Spanish village, Klan, aseptic life research and so on. , have profoundly portrayed people and things, impressive, profound understanding.