W. Eugene Smith American Masters Documentary

Here is the American Masters documentary on W. Eugene Smith. Smith was my first major inspiration, as a photographer he is someone I greatly admire to this day. I always felt his incredible devotion to his work and that he felt so deeply for his subjects made him so good. If you look at his life's work the power and greatness of documentary photography is truly revealed. His photograph "Tomoko Uemura In Her Bath" is my favourite image of all time,  it speaks to undying, unequivocal love. Smith really felt deeply in his heart the importance and power of photography and art, he felt what he was doing really mattered.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCRIjL2rn3E

Here is a story on the Tomoko photograph from a blog I wrote way back in 2007.

http://gerryyaum.blogspot.ca/2007/11/favorite-photographtomoko-uemura-in-her.html