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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. The World is Breathing by Olivia Crumm, Image 1.

    Olivia Crumm

    The World is Breathing, 2017

    Video

  2. White on White by Eve Sussman, Image 1.

    Eve Sussman

    White on White, 2009

    Film still printed on silvered paper

    15 x 25 in (38.1 x 63.5 cm)

  3. Chinatown by Chryssa, Image 2.

    Chryssa

    Chinatown, 1978

    Screenprint on paper

    38.75 x 31.25 in (98.43 x 79.38 cm)

  4. Navarro Sunset by Carol Summers, Image 1.

    Carol Summers

    Navarro Sunset, c. 1974

    Woodcut on paper

    37.5 x 39 in (95.25 x 99.06 cm)

  5. Delta by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Delta, 1974

    Lithograph on paper

  6. Arnold Toynbee by Philippe Halsman, Image 2.

    Philippe Halsman

    Arnold Toynbee, 1955

    Gelatin silver print

    13.875 x 10.875 in (35.24 x 27.62 cm)

  7. Young Girl, Penn Station, N.Y.C. by Louis Stettner, Image 1.

    Louis Stettner

    Young Girl, Penn Station, N.Y.C., 1953

    Gelatin silver print

    26.5 x 20.125 in (67.31 x 51.12 cm)

  8. Barcelona, Spain by Todd Webb, Image 1.

    Todd Webb

    Barcelona, Spain, 1951

    Gelatin silver print

    7 x 5.625 in (17.78 x 14.29 cm)

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About the artist

W. Eugene Smith

American

1918-1978

Born in Wichita, Kansas and was taught photographer by his mother. Became greatly invested in photography as a teenager and had many photographs published in multiple magazines by age twenty-one. Received an assignment to document the war in the Pacific during World War II. This experience led him to begin working on projects for social justice. Was wounded during his service and returned home to New York where he focused on anti-war subjects. Initially worked for LIFE magazine but later transitioned to working as a solo artist. Was extremely passionate about his work and eventually left his family to dedicate his life to photography, which culminated in his retrospective at the Jewish Museum in New York in 1970. Moved to Japan for his final project, focusing on industrial pollution in the village of Minimata.