Fine Print: The Spinner. Deleitosa, Spain, 1951 Size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) presenting 120 of his most

presenting 120 of his most iconic images from his travels in Southern America

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Small and open land farming

when asked how he came to photograph the most famous band in the world

a 'wandering beneath the unthinkable' to use the words of Hölderlin again

Fine Print: The Spinner. Deleitosa, Spain, 1951 Size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) presenting 120 of his mostAs staff photographer for LIFE magazine, W. Eugene Smith traveled to Spain in 1950 to document repression and poverty under the harsh regime of its dictator, Francisco Franco. Smith embedded himself in Deleitosa, a small town of 2300 residents untouched by progress. The story appeared in the April 9, 1951, issue of LIFE, which later called Spanish Village perhaps the most famous of its photo essays. The original caption of this photo, known widely as