[Leica] URL: W Eugene Smith

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Very nice. He looks mellow in these. The Minamata photo, of Tomoko Uemura,
though, must be one of the most powerful static ones ever taken in
photographic history, and he paid the price for it as well.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwmalumni.com>
wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Aug 2017 Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >Thanks for sharing. He was always my favourite photographer, thanks to
> >growing up with LIFE.
> >Cheers
> >Jayanand
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> I too loved all his photo essays and was captivated by his life, so I
> bought all the best books of his pictures and Jim Hugh's detailed
> biography.
>
> Also, I was fortunate enough to be Gene Smith's "gofer" during his visit to
> UWM to receive an honorary degree in 1976.
>
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
> Photographers/GeneSmith_21_AMR.jpg.html
> >
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
> Photographers/EdFarber_GeneSmith_AMR.jpg.html
> >
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
> Photographers/GeneSmith_13_AMR.jpg.html
> >
>
> At one point I was alone with him backstage just before he went out to give
> his big talk, and we just stood together in silence (he had been
> pummeled with questions and requests for two days, so I felt he needed the
> quiet time).
>
> --
> Alan
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
> (Retired)
> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
> amr3 at uwm.edu
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
>
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>  for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
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