Smith, W. Eugene. W. Eugene Smith: Middle Years. The Archive, Center for Creative Photography Research Series, Number 20.

University of Arizona, 1984. By William S. Johnson. Very good with moderate shelf wear on covers, inside pages fine. 88 pages, 54 plates by W. Eugene Smith plus illustrations in text by Johnson. Photos by Smith in his series of Pittsburgh, Haiti, “As From My Windows I Sometimes Glance” (from his loft in Manhattan), “The Loft From the Inside In,” where jazz musicians played such as Thelonius Monk (includes photo that Monk used album cover), and “Hitachi/Japan” Also two photos “from the archives” by Mitchell Payne and Stephen Sprague and Acquisitions to the Center for Creative Photography, July-December 1982.  Summary:

W. Eugene Smith: Middle Years is an 87-page research publication produced by the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona as part of its The Archive series. It focuses on the middle period of the American photojournalist W. Eugene Smith’s career — the years in which he produced many of his most ambitious and influential photographic projects.

The core of the book is an illustrated essay by William S. Johnson that places Smith’s work and development in context. Alongside the text, the issue features a substantial portfolio of Smith’s photographs drawn from the Center’s collections, with images from diverse bodies of work such as his Pittsburgh project, photographs from Haiti, views As from My Window I Sometimes Glance, The Loft series, and assignments from Hitachi in Japan.

This volume functions both as a biographical and critical overview of Smith’s artistic evolution during his mid-career years and as a visual survey showcasing key projects that demonstrate his technical mastery, humanistic concern, and deep engagement with documentary photography.