Fine Print: Country Doctor, Kremmling, Colorado, 1948 Jazz

Fine Print: Country Doctor, Kremmling, Colorado, 1948 JazzAfter World War II, LIFE magazine assigned staff photographer W. Eugene Smith to a human interest story about a doctor in Kremmling, Colorado. The story spanned 11 pages in LIFEs September 20, 1948, edition. LIFE later summarized: Country Doctor was an instant classic when published, establishing Smith as a master of the commanding young art form of the photo essay, and solidifying his stature as one of the most passionate and influential

Cornell Capa visited the USSR to provide a snapshot of Soviet Russian life

Photographer Martin Parr said of this image: “It’s one of those images that enters our subconscious and just stays there

From the start

I made a four-minutes exposure and the flashing red lights

consumption and communication have occupied him for much of his career

1963 Rene Burri joined Magnum Photos in 1959

it isn’t his way to “smarm up” to celebrities

Erwitt spent his childhood in Milan

featuring Monroe at the height of her powers

1957 issue

More than 250 color images

Over the course of his career