W. Eugene Smith – the country doctor

W. Eugen Smith: the country doctor series at magnum

The wikipedia post of Smith is very interesting, too.  He was once fired because he refused to work with medium format ;)

“Smith was perhaps the originator and arguably the master of the photo-essay.”

You can watch his full work at magnum here

Also very interesting his Pittsburgh series, which “was supposed to take him three weeks, but spanned three years and tens of thousands of negatives.”

Please have a look at the Eugene Smith Fund Grant Recipients series, too.