Erwitt’s vision of the nation manages to be both unique in perspective and universally affecting
” became Smith’s most popular
Thomas Dworzak assembles his nostalgic black and white photographs and quotes from Russian 19th century romantic literature
while a man calmly reads his book – a moment that encapsulates how variously people go about their pursuit of happiness
the sensationalized media accounts of the survivors of a downed U
Fine Print: Schweitzer at the Lamp. Lambaréné, Gabon, 1954 Andy Warhol Erwitt’s vision of the nationIn his final photo essay for LIFE magazine in 1954, W. Eugene Smith documented the work of Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, at his leper camp in Lambarn, Gabon. Smith embedded himself there for three months but became frustrated with the lack of access. He wrote to Schweitzer: I must leave Lambarn, for you restrict me and force me to omissions, which indirectly make other photographic statements sometimes impossible. Schweitzer