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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Luis Sahagún

    Instructions for Soul Searching, 2026

    Photographic documentation

    18.25 x 24.25 in (46.36 x 61.6 cm)

  2. From the Known, from The Odyssey Series by Beverly Pepper, Image 1.

    Beverly Pepper

    From the Known, from The Odyssey Series, 1989

    Oil, pencil, and charcoal on Fabriano cotton paper

    27.5 x 39 in (69.85 x 99.06 cm)

  3. Chinatown by Chryssa, Image 1.

    Chryssa

    Chinatown, 1978

    Screenprint on paper

    38.75 x 31.25 in (98.43 x 79.38 cm)

  4. Untitled by Dieter Roth, Image 1.

    Dieter Roth

    Untitled, 1978

    Pencil on paper

    19 x 25.25 in (48.26 x 64.14 cm)

  5. Self Portrait by Anne Noggle, Image 1.

    Anne Noggle

    Self Portrait, 1976

    Silver gelatin print

    10.5 x 16 in (26.67 x 40.64 cm)

  6. Rose Hill Church pasture, Fisher Ferry Road, Waren County, Mississippi, 1976 by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Rose Hill Church pasture, Fisher Ferry Road, Waren County, Mississippi, 1976, 1976

    Chromogenic print

    15.75 x 24 in (40.01 x 60.96 cm)

  7. Hay-Cart by Julian Trevelyan, Image 1.

    Julian Trevelyan

    Hay-Cart, 1973

    Etching on paper

    30.125 x 23.25 in (76.52 x 59.06 cm)

  8. Parking Lot, Volendam, Holland by Louis Stettner, Image 1.

    Louis Stettner

    Parking Lot, Volendam, Holland, 1962

    Gelatin silver print

    26.5 x 20.125 in (67.31 x 51.12 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.