Gene Smith's Sink: A Wide-Angle View
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (714 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01NC07G85 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 466 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is the author of Dream Street: W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Project and The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. About the Author Sam Stephenson is a writer and documentarian born in Washington, North Carolina. He is a two-time Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award winner.AudioFile Earphones Award winner Coleen Marlo has earned numerous Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Awards and won an Audie Award for her narration of Snakewoman of Little Egypt by Robert Hellenga. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965.
The distillation of twenty years of research, Gene Smith’s Sink is an unprecedented look into the photographer’s potent legacy and the subjects around him.. He was only fifty-nine, but he was flat worn-out. Eugene Smith was photography’s most celebrated humanist. Traveling across twenty-nine states, Japan, and the Pacific, Stephenson profiles a lively cast of characters, including the playwright Tennessee Williams, to whom Smith likened himself; the avant-garde filmmaker Stan Brakhage, with whom he once shared a Swiss chalet; the artist Mary Frank, who was married to his friend Robert Frank; the jazz pianists Thelonious Monk and Sonny Clark, whose music was taped by Smith in his loft; and a series of obscure caregivers who helped keep Smith on his feet. Eugene SmithFamously unabashed, W. His death certificate read “stroke,” but, as was said of the immortal jazzman Charlie Parker, Smith died of “everything,” from drug and alcohol benders to weeklong work sessions with no sleep.Lured by the intoxicat
Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965. Sam Stephenson is a writer and documentarian born in Washington, North Carolina. He is the author of Dream Street: W. He is a two-time Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award winner.AudioFile Earphones Award winner Coleen Marlo has earned numerous Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Awards and won an Audie Award for her narration of Snakewoman of Little Egypt by Robert Hellenga. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh