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Author Me. Hoffman / W. Eugene Smith
Signed No
ISBN 0912334096
Publisher Viking Press
Publishing date 1976
Language English
Edition First edition
Binding Hardcover including dustjacket
Book condition Collectible; Very Good
Condition description Light toning to dust jacket; else fine
Cover condition Fine
Number published 0912334096
Smith writes: "Photographs related to the photographic - essay are presented here as individual works, as excerpts from the essays, presented in portfolio form. There is no intention to offer a thorough journalistic approach to the subjects involved." Smith was a meticulous and masterful printer. Photoengraving, of course, cannot approach the quality of the original print, but Aperture did a remarkably fine job. I own an original print of "Jazz" and the reproduction compares very well except for the depth of the blacks. The book concludes with a fascinating biographical essay by Lincoln Kirstein and an extensive bibliography.

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W. Eugene Smith His Photographs and Notes

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The book begins with a three-page chronology of Smith's life from 1918 through 1969. (Smith died October 15, 1978.) Although brief, it covers his awards, achievements and major assignments. The photographs are not arranged in strict chronological order, however, but in an "episodic" form as a series of portfolios
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