1901–1983 · United States · Photographer
Lisette Model
Frank, close-up street portraits with a blunt humanism.
Promenade des Anglais, 1934Source: Wikipedia
PHOTOGRAPHER · 1918–1978 · UNITED STATES
W. Eugene Smith
Dramatic, deeply printed photo essays built around human dignity.
- Born
- 1918
- Died
- 1978
- Country
- United States
- Field
- Photographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1948Country Doctor
- 1951A Spanish Village
- 1951Nurse Midwife
- 1975Minamata
WHY THEY MATTER
Master of the Life photo essay, from Country Doctor to A Spanish Village and Nurse Midwife; his Minamata work exposed industrial mercury poisoning in Japan.
THE LIFE
Smith was an American photojournalist who covered the Pacific War and was badly wounded on Okinawa. At Life he developed the extended photo essay, including Country Doctor. He later spent years documenting mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan, with his wife Aileen. His perfectionism often put him at odds with editors.
Also born in 1900–1929
1902–1984 · United States · Photographer
Ansel Adams
Sharp black-and-white landscapes of the American West with full tonal range.
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941Source: Wikipedia
1902–2002 · Mexico · Photographer
Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Poetic, quietly surreal views of Mexican life.
Striking Worker, Assassinated, 1934Source: Wikipedia
1903–1993 · Mexico · Photographer
Lola Alvarez Bravo
Modernist portraits and street pictures of postrevolutionary Mexico.
Galería de Arte Contemporáneo (Frida Kahlo exhibition), 1953Source: Wikipedia
1903–1975 · United States · Photographer
Walker Evans
Frontal, plain-spoken records of American vernacular life.
American Photographs, 1938Source: Wikipedia
1904–1983 · United Kingdom · Photographer
Bill Brandt
High-contrast social documentary, then distorted nudes and stark landscapes.
The English at Home, 1936Source: Wikipedia