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W. Eugene Smith

1918 - 1978

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William Eugene Smith (December 30, 1918 – October 15, 1978) was an American photojournalist. He has been described as "perhaps the single most important American photographer in the development of the editorial photo essay." His major photo essays include World War II photographs, the visual stories of an American country doctor and a nurse midwife, the clinic of Albert Schweitzer in French Equatorial Africa, the city of Pittsburgh, and the pollution which damaged the health of the residents of Minamata in Japan. His 1948 series, Country Doctor, photographed for Life, is now recognized as "the first extended editorial photo story". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. W. Eugene Smith is the 21st most popular journalist (down from 16th in 2019), the 2,116th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,489th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Journalist.

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Among journalists, W. Eugene Smith ranks 21 out of 196. Before him are Beate Klarsfeld, Julian Assange, David Seymour, Victor Noir, Robert Guérin, and Gareth Jones. After him are Alexander Berkman, Steve McCurry, Endre Ady, Marcel Bezençon, Mauricio Funes, and Jeremy Clarkson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, W. Eugene Smith ranks 77. Before him are Mary Anderson, Kakuei Tanaka, John Forsythe, Jeff Chandler, Edward A. Murphy Jr., and Spiro Agnew. After him are Jin Youzhi, B. K. S. Iyengar, Gabriel Axel, Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Richard Winters, and Fernando Peyroteo. Among people deceased in 1978, W. Eugene Smith ranks 55. Before him are Giovanni Gronchi, Mark Robson, Misao Tamai, Ignazio Silone, Jean Améry, and Roger Caillois. After him are Prince Nicholas of Romania, Carlo Scarpa, Hubert Humphrey, Tetsu Katayama, Georgi Markov, and Philibert Tsiranana.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, W. Eugene Smith ranks 2,116 out of 20,380. Before him are Evander Holyfield (1962), Marcheline Bertrand (1950), Lana Del Rey (1985), Theodore Lyman IV (1874), Bernard Baruch (1870), and Adam Driver (1983). After him are Diane Lane (1965), Jack Jones (1938), Roger B. Chaffee (1935), Sheldon Adelson (1933), Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954), and George Floyd (1973).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, W. Eugene Smith ranks 5. Before him are Lee Miller (1907), Anna Politkovskaya (1958), Dorothea Lange (1895), and John Reed (1887). After him are Steve McCurry (1950), Charles Dow (1851), Margaret Bourke-White (1904), Edgar Snow (1905), Harriet Quimby (1875), Walker Evans (1903), and Diana Nyad (1949).

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