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W. Eugene Smith, The Walk to Paradise Garden, 1946.

Digital print on 10" x 7.5" glossy photo paper from the Magnum Photos archive.

'W. Eugene Smith copyright Magnum Photos' in lower left corner.

Fine condition (with small imperfections).

After being severely wounded in 1945 by Japanese mortar fire at Okinawa while covering World War II for LIFE magazine, W. Eugene Smith returned home to New York state for the long process of recuperation. He was unable to hold a camera properly or take photographs for another year. After multiple surgeries, his first attempt became iconic. Smith chose to photograph his two young children, Patrick and Juanita, scampering through the woods behind the house. The resulting image, entitled “The Walk to Paradise Garden,” became Smith’s most popular. Many have attributed its universal appeal to its perspective from behind, allowing viewers to imagine that Smith’s two children could be their own. Edward Steichen chose it as the final print in his landmark exhibition, The Family of Man, at the Museum of Modern Art in 1955.

One of the most influential photographers of the 20th century along with other photographers of his time such as: Man Ray, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Werner Bischof, Robert Capa, Elliott Erwitt, Alfred Stieglitz, Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, Cindy Sherman, Horst P. Horst, Irving Penn, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Avedon, Steve McCurry, among many others.





Digital print - Press Agency/Newspaper Stamp - W. Eugene Smith © Magnum Photos

W. Eugene Smith - The Walk to Paradise Garden, 1946

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