Ben Skove -Digital Imaging: Photographer Project

1. William Eugene Smith

2. 1918-1978

3. He was born in Wichita, Kansas. He took his first photos around the age of 15 for a local newspaper. He attended the Notre Dame College in Wichita in 1936, and a special photographic scholarship was created for him. He worked for Life magazine from 1947 to 1955. He also worked for

4. He is known mainly for his photographs of war. His main subject that i saw was pictures of people during war although he does take pictures of people other than in times of war. He brought many things to art but one of the most important things was that he brought a fund in his name that promotes "humanistic photography" which is aimed at keeping alive the interest in photographs of the everyday person. He also taught one year at the university of Arizona until he died in 1978.

5. I was attracted to this photographer because his photos of war were interesting and they were good photos. The pictures attracted me because i like learning about war and the people involved and why they are involved. All of the photos i have seen by him have really been full of emotion. I think that how he has gained fame as a photographer is by taking pictures of people an really capturing their emotions because even when people aren't in his photos you can still guess the feelings of the photographer. Another way he has gained fame is by taking photos of everyday people, because some of the photographs he takes are of normal people just doing their jobs or going on with their day to day lives and he represents them in his photographs very well by capturing the emotion in their faces and their passion towards their job and some of his photos show how the job is done.