> > He was the *other* photographer on Iwo Jima with the > Marines in 1945 ... > > the guy Rosenthal beat to the top of the hill. > > > > I don't think W.Eugene Smith was even there. I've never seen > him mentioned > as part of that picture, which was, for all intents, a staged > propoganda > shot, being the second flag raising done that morning on Mt. Surbachi. > > William Robb > > > Smith was among the early troops who landed on Iwo Jima, and Life published a story called Marines Win Bloody, Barren Sands of Iwo Jima, which used his pictures. He returned a few days/weeks after the invasion and had another story in Life about it.
I don't think he was at the flag-raising though (either of them) - I've never seen it mentioned anywhere. Here are some of the pictures he took on Iwo Jima: http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.Search01_V Page -- Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
