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‘I've never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil. ’
— W. Eugene Smith
 
Thelonious Monk, 1959
Photograph by W. Eugene Smith, © W. Eugene Smith
Collection Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona
Click on image to link to W. Eugene Smith's jazz archive at The Jazz Loft Project

Fund Organization

Board of Trustees

Marcel Saba: President
W. M. Hunt: Vice-President
Aaron Schindler: Secretary
Sue Brisk: Assistant Secretary
Robert Stevens: Treasurer
Phillip S. Block: Assistant Treasurer
Stuart Alexander, Rich Clarkson, Frank Evers, Donna Ferrato,
David Friend, David Griffin, Helen Marcus, John G. Morris,
Robert Pledge, Rick Smolan, Brian Storm, Aidan Sullivan, Lauren Wendle

Counsel

David B. Wolf

Ex-Officio

Aileen Smith, Kevin E. Smith, K. Patrick Smith

Honorary Emeriti

Cornell Capa, Jim Hughes, Helen Marcus

Past Presidents

John Morris, Jim Hughes, Howard Chapnick (Co-Founders)
Peter Howe, Helen Marcus, Robert Pledge

International Advisory Committee

Shahidul Alam, Dhaka; Micha Bar-Am,Tel Aviv; Gabriel Bauret, Paris; Giovanna Calvenzi, Milan; Robert Delpire, Paris; Ben Fernandez, Hoboken, NJ; Marianne Fulton, Austin, TX; Paul Fusco, New York, NY; Marta Gili, Barcelona; Manfred Heiting, Los Angeles, CA; Robert Kirschenbaum, Tokyo; Peter Korniss, Budapest; Eliane Laffont, New York, NY; Brian Lanker, Eugene, OR; Don McCullin, London; Michelle McNally, New York, NY; Susan Meiselas, New York, NY; Vincent Mentzel, Rotterdam; Pedro Meyer, Mexico City; Raghu Rai, New Delhi; Michael Rand, London; Marc Riboud, Paris; Fred Ritchin, New York, NY.

The 2009 W. Eugene Smith Grant was funded by contributions from:
Open Society Institute (OSI), The Estate of Nell J. Stone,
Blurb Inc, Canon USA, Asia Society, and individual donations.