W. EUGENE SMITH (1918-1978)

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W. EUGENE SMITH (1918-1978)

Saipan (1944)

Gelatin silver print. Printed later. Signed in stylus on the recto. 13¼ x 10 5/8in.
Literature
W. Eugene Smith His Photographs and Notes, n.p.

Lot Essay

World War II...and each time I pressed the shutter release it was a shouted condemnation hurled with the hope that the pictures might survive through the years, with the hope that they might echo through the minds of men in the future - causing them caution and remembrance and realization. From a letter - Saipan, 1944 (op. cit., n.p.)