{"product_id":"gene-smiths-sink-a-wide-angle-view-paperback","title":"Gene Smith's Sink: A Wide-Angle View - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam Stephenson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn incisive biography of the prolific photo-essayist W. Eugene Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamously unabashed, W. Eugene Smith was photography's most celebrated humanist. As a photo essayist at \u003cem\u003eLife \u003c\/em\u003emagazine in the 1940s and '50s, he established himself as an intimate chronicler of human culture. His photographs of war and disaster, villages and metropolises, doctors and midwives, revolutionized the role of images in journalism, transforming photography for decades to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Smith died in 1978, he left behind eighteen dollars in the bank and forty-four thousand pounds of archives. He was only fifty-nine, but he was flat worn-out. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLured by the intoxicating trail of people that emerged from Smith's stupefying archive, Sam Stephenson began a quest to trace his footsteps. In \u003cem\u003eGene Smith's Sink\u003c\/em\u003e, Stephenson merges traditional biography with rhythmic digressions to revive Smith's life and legacy. 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. The distillation of twenty years of research, \u003cem\u003eGene Smith's Sink \u003c\/em\u003eis an unprecedented look into the photographer's potent legacy and the subjects around him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Stephenson\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and documentarian. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDream Street: W. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eEugene Smith's Pittsburgh Project\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Jazz \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLoft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in publications such as \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHouse\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e. A lifelong resident of North Carolina, he lives in Durham with his wife and their son.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45335840555110,"sku":"9780374537890","price":27.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/dXZBMHVFeWRmN2lscmxQcC9uVkpWUT09.webp?v=1774593998","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/gene-smiths-sink-a-wide-angle-view-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}