{"product_id":"w-eugene-smith-and-the-photographic-essay","title":"W. Eugene Smith and the Photographic Essay","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first in-depth study of one of the most important photojournalists of the postwar period in America. Examining the antecedents for the photo-essay  a genre that Smith perfected  Glenn Willumson closely analyses the four works that he produced for Life magazine  and for which he is best known: Country Doctor  Spanish Village  Nurse-Midwife  and Man of Mercy. In his study of these works  now acknowledged to set the standard by which the photo-essay is judged  Willumson also argues that Smiths essays are significant cultural documents. An engaging account of Smiths career  W. Eugene Smith and the Photographic Essay reproduces his work as it originally appeared in Life  making it accessible to a new generation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946156716085,"sku":"ByrdShop_0521414644","price":147.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780521414647.jpg?v=1769926480","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/w-eugene-smith-and-the-photographic-essay","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}