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Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
- W. Eugene Smith
 
Thelonious Monk, 1959
Photograph by W. Eugene Smith, © W. Eugene Smith
Collection Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona

Fund Organization

Board of Trustees

Robert Pledge: President
Marcel Saba: Vice-President
Sue Brisk: Secretary
Robert Stevens: Treasurer
Phillip S. Block, Rich Clarkson, Frank Evers, Donna Ferrato, David Friend, W. M. Hunt, Yukiko Launois, John G. Morris, Aaron Schindler, Arthur Soybel, Anna Winand

Ex-Officio

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

Honorary Emeriti

Cornell Capa, Jim Hughes

President Emeritus

Helen Marcus

Past Presidents

John Morris, Jim Hughes, Howard Chapnick, Peter Howe

International Advisory Committee

Shahidul Alam, Bangladesh; Micha Bar-Am, Israel; Gabriel Bauret, Paris;Giovanna Calvenzi, Milan; Woodfin Camp, NY; Lanfranco Colombo, Milan; Robert Delpire, Paris; James I. Enyeart, Santa Fe; Ben Fernandez, NJ; Martin Forscher, NY; Marianne Fulton, Austin, TX; Paul Fusco, New York; Marta Gili, Barcelona; Burt Glinn, NY; Manfred Heiting, L.A.; Thomas Höpker, NY; Rune Jonsson, Stockholm; Robert Kirschenbaum, Tokyo; Peter Korniss, Budapest; Eliane Laffont, NY; Brian Lanker, Oregon; Murray Martin, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Don McCullin, London; Michelle McNally, NY; Susan Meiselas, NY; Vincent Mentzel, Rotterdem; Pedro Meyer, L.A.; Raghu Rai, New Delhi; Michael Rand, London; Marc Riboud, Paris; Fred Ritchin, NY; Pedro Vasquez, Rio de Janeiro.

The W. Eugene Smith Grant is funded in part by a contribution from Digital Railroad and Getty Images, Inc.