The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith From 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965, by Sam Stephenson

Published July 15, 2010

The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965, by Sam Stephenson
This alluring and well-illustrated book is relevant now in light of the Getty Center’s newest exhibition, “Engaged Observers: Documentary Photography since the Sixties,” because it highlights W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) in collaboration with his second wife, Aileen M. Smith, and their in-depth photographic essay on the mercury poisoning at Minamata Bay in Japan.
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