RE: [Leica] W. Eugene Smith

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Mark - Thanks for the information. I'm just looking to look at a copy
somewhere, to see more of the photos. Didn't the article at the Double Take
site indicate that his archives may be at the International Center for
Photography?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark
> Walberg
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 1998 1:16 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] W. Eugene Smith
>
>
> I've got a copy of the annual.  It has a lot of Smith's Pittsburgh
> pictures.  It isn't for sale, but if you have any questions about it, I'll
> try to answer them.
>
>   Also, for those interested in Gene Smith, it is well worth your while to
> read Jim Hughes biography of Smith.  It is a very well written
> account of a
> very interesting photgrapher's life.  I've never seen this book
> for sale in
> a store.  I got my copy by writing to Hughes directly.  There is
> lots of in
> depth discussion of Smith's Pittsburgh project in the Hughes biography.
>    A book I would dearly love to find is the Pittsburgh book authored by
> Stefan Lorant.  This was the book for which Smith's Pittsburgh pictures
> were taken.  Of course, only a small fraction of Smith's pictures appeared
> there.  A relative of mine has a later edition of the book, so I get to
> look at it every decade or so.  My understanding is that the earlier
> edition may have had more of Smith's pictures, although I'm not sure about
> that.  I'd like to see an early edition of the book someday.  Does anyone
> know where to find one?
>    I grew up in Pittsburgh at the time Smith took the pictures. I am very
> moved by quite a few of Smith's pictures (and not just those of
> Pittsburgh!).  I've also never seen an original print of Smith's.  I
> understand there is an archive of his work, in Arizona I think.  I hope to
> go there some day.  Has any LUGger been there that could tell us about it?
> -Mark Walberg    walberg@simmons.swmed.edu
>
>
> >Thought someone would like that! What I wonder is where one can
> find a copy
> >of the photo annual, was it Modern Photography, that published
> some 38 pages
> >of the essay in 1959....Any thoughts, other than the Library of Congress?
> >> >
> >> >http://www.doubletakemagazine.org/issues/12/smith/index.html
> >> >
> >> >Follow the above to Double Take for a fascinating essay about
> >> Eugene Smith's
> >> >Pittsburgh Project, including 15 images from the project. Great stuff.
>
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