Spanish Village
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Spanish Village is a renowned 1951 photo-essay by W. Eugene Smith that powerfully documents the daily life and hardships of villagers in post–Civil War rural Spain.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary photography work
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photo-essay ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | W. Eugene Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| depicts |
Spanish villagers
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agricultural work ⓘ economic hardship ⓘ family life ⓘ religious practices ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1951-04-09 ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary photography
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photojournalism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
accompanying text captions
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series of documentary photographs ⓘ |
| hasReputation | classic of 20th-century photojournalism ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Francoist Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later documentary photo-essays ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
daily life of villagers
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hardship ⓘ post–Civil War Spain ⓘ poverty ⓘ rural life in Spain ⓘ |
| notableFor |
humanistic documentary style
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influence on documentary photography ⓘ powerful depiction of rural Spanish life ⓘ |
| partOf | W. Eugene Smith’s body of work NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photographer | W. Eugene Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photographicStyle |
black-and-white photography
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humanist photography ⓘ |
| portrays |
emotional resilience of villagers
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isolation of rural communities ⓘ lack of modernization in countryside ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Life magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Life magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | rural Spain ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post–Spanish Civil War era ⓘ |
| subjectFocus |
ordinary people
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social conditions in Franco-era Spain ⓘ |
| timeToCreate | several weeks of on-site work ⓘ |
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