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W. Eugene Smith

American, b, 1918

Marines, Saipan

1944
gelatin silver print


Watch videos related to this image

Operation Forager

Marine Corps Battle Footage, Saipan


See materials from the MOPA library

W Eugene Smith : Shadow & Substance : The Life and Work of an American Photographer (1989)
W Eugene Smith : Photographs 1934-1975 (1998)
W Eugene Smith : A Photographic Notebook, Catalog for the Traveling Exhibition (1988)

Find out more on the web

Magnum Photos - W. Eugene Smith
World War II - W. Eugene Smith's Pacific

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The Photograph As Witness K-12 Curriculum

Funding for this project was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and a donation from PhotoWings.

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