Simple Kindness, Nurse Midwife. 1951
- Photography
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6 x 6 in
(15.24 x 15.24 cm)
- W. Eugene Smith
This photograph was printed in 2020 for Magnum Square Prints, as part of a benefit sale--half the proceeds went to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
This photo was taken in 1951. The artist writes: "In 1951, Life Magazine staff photographer W. Eugene Smith presented a radical idea for a photo essay to his editors. He wanted to document the heroic efforts of a black nurse midwife, Maude Collen, to provide critical health care services to her impoverished community of 10,000 people in rural South Carolina.
- Created: 1951
- Current Location: The Joseph A. Cundari Center, 870 Bergen Avenue - 2nd Floor Nursing Program
- Collections: African Art & Art of the African Diaspora, American Political Culture, Black and White, Photography, Portrait or Figurative, Works by Men