B.C. Binning
Cedric Bomford
Anton Bruehl
Jim Breukelman
Anne Collier
Christine D'Onofrio
Sven-Erik Ericksen
Leonard Frank
Pascal Grandmaison
Henrik Håkansson
Fred Herzog
Jacques-Henri Lartigue
Marc Joseph
Owen Kydd
Attila Richard Lukacs & Michael Morris
James Nasmyth
Matthias Olmeta
Dick Oulton
Malcolm Parry
Richard Prince
George H. Seeley
Dan Siney
Gordon Smith
W. Eugene Smith
Rosalind Solomon
Simon Starling
Ian Wallace
Anonymous I
Anonymous II
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Gordon Smith
TOFINO BEACH

C-print collage, 2007
Image: 63.5 cm X 52 cm
Unique
image courtesy the artist and Equinox Gallery, Vancouver

Estimate: $2,500

William Eugene Smith (1918-1978) was a legendary photojournalist who worked most notably for Life Magazine and Magnum photo agency, and was well known as a photographer who would take almost any chance if it meant getting the picture. Fanatically dedicated to his mission as a photographer, Smith was a crucial part of the development of the genre of the photo essay as an expressive and significant journalistic entity of its own—indeed redefining the terms of photojournalism itself on many levels. His fiery passion for truth and the integrity of the picture often invariably landed him in trouble: he left Life in 1953 over a disagreement about their handling of his work for an assignment. Among his many accomplishments, Smith was awarded two Guggenheim Fellowships and a key position in Edward Steichen’s influential exhibition Family of Man at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1955.