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Eugene Smith shot unforgettable images and stories that changed the face of documentary photography. He lived by the phrase, “sink into the heart of the picture”, and it showed in his photographs in Country Doctor (1948), Spanish Village (1951), Man of Mercy (1954), Pittsburg and many more. He chose to become a combat photographer and concentrated on the theme of social righteousness to inspire his audience to work for the common good and oppose the conflicts of war and evil; however, he preferred his photography to be considered a work of art not the typical journalistic photograph. All of Eugene Smith’s pictures reflect the aid an individual can give to others and the power the world contains to change itself for better or for worse. The photo essays on Country Doctor, Nurse Midwife and Albert Schweitzer portrays the willingness of healers to help others when they’re patients are at their weakest. His pictures during World War II showed the ab