W(illiam) Eugene Smith was born December 30, 1918 in Wichita, Kansas. He attended school in Wichita. At the age of 14, Smith was interested in aeronautical engineering and borrowed a camera from his mother (also an enthusiastic photographer) to take pictures of the planes at the local airport. Soon photography became his major interest and he spent his high-school years photographing for local newspapers in Wichita.
In 1936, at age 18, Smith entered Notre Dame Universit (showing 500 of 2752 characters). |
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