Great Black and White Photographers,

Part 2

W. Eugene Smith was born December 30th, 1918 in Wichita Kansas, he was a photojournalist for, multiple newspapers and Life Magazine before entering World War II. Smith was on the front lines in Japan where he took several photos of U.S. Marines and captured Japanese soldiers. Smith  was on deadly islands like Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.  Smith was hit by a mortar in Okinawa, but he survived, and continued his work at Life Magazine. Smith went on to do other things like publicizing Minamate disease, but Smith is best known for his vivid pictures in World War II.