- Artist/Maker:
- W. Eugene Smith
- Bio:
- American, 1918-1978
- Title:
- Untitled (Nurse Midwife)
- Portfolio/Series:
- Nurse Midwife
- Date:
- 1951
- Medium:
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions:
- 13 5/16 × 9 1/8 in. (33.8 × 23.2 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Purchase: Photography Acquisitions Committee Fund
- Accession Number:
- 2008-119
- Copyright:
- © Heirs of W. Eugene Smith
Not On View
This photograph of Maude Callen, a nurse midwife who served a poverty-stricken community in rural South Carolina, appeared in a photo-essay for Life magazine in 1951. Smith’s images of her remarkable efforts produced an outpouring of support. Life readers sent $27,000 to Callen, which she used to open the first permanent health clinic in her county.
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