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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. A Sequence of Good Intentions by Park McArthur, Image 1.

    Park McArthur

    A Sequence of Good Intentions, 2007

    Digital video

  2. A Composition with Figures and a Cart by Heri Dono, Image 1.

    Heri Dono

    A Composition with Figures and a Cart, 2005

    Mixed media and collage on cardboard

    16 x 16 in (40.64 x 40.64 cm)

  3. Burgundy Canal, Bourgogne by Ralph Gibson, Image 1.

    Ralph Gibson

    Burgundy Canal, Bourgogne, 1992

    Chromogenic print

    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)

  4. Time Out by Adrian Van Suchtelen, Image 2.

    Adrian Van Suchtelen

    Time Out, 1978

    Etching on paper

    29.75 x 22 in (75.57 x 55.88 cm)

  5. Untitled, Lolita Series by Graham Ovenden, Image 1.

    Graham Ovenden

    Untitled, Lolita Series, 1974

    Etching on paper

    26 x 26 in (66.04 x 66.04 cm)

  6. Figs by Mary Fedden, Image 1.

    Mary Fedden

    Figs, 1972

    Lithograph on paper

    30.5 x 22.625 in (77.47 x 57.47 cm)

  7. Dark Still-Life by Joel Goldblatt, Image 1.

    Joel Goldblatt

    Dark Still-Life, c. 1965

    Lithograph on paper

    14 x 10 in (35.56 x 25.4 cm)

  8. Untitled by Frank Engles, Image 1.

    Frank Engles

    Untitled, 1963

    Watercolor on paper

    20.375 x 28 in (51.75 x 71.12 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.