《乐园之路》的作者尤金·史密斯,1918年生于美国勘萨斯州的维琪塔市,14岁读中学时,就热衷于航空体育摄影,并受新闻摄影师法兰克·诺埃的启蒙教育。中学毕业后,受雇于该市的《鹰报》《灯塔报》任摄影记者,拍摄了有名的美国中西部沙漠盆地灾荒景象。1936年,史密斯获得一笔特殊的摄影奖学金,入鹿特丹大学深造。受过正规高等教育的史密斯,从此才有资格加入刚创刊不久的《生活》杂志工作,并成为《新闻周刊》的一员。由于他坚持使用当时刚刚问世的6×6小型照相机拍照片,这个刊物竟开除了他。当时这些大杂志都采用大型照相机,讲究照片的精美以迎合读者。史密斯认为使用小型照相机有更大的探索自由。 Eugene Smith, author of The Paradise Road, was born in Vikita, Kansas, USA in 1918. When he was 14 years old, he was keen on aerial sports photography and was inspired by the news photographer Frank Noue. education. After graduating from high school, the “Beacon” and “The Beacon” employed by the city served as photojournalists and took pictures of the famine of the famous desert basin in the Midwestern United States. In 1936, Smith received a special photography scholarship and further studies at the University of Rotterdam. Smith, who has received formal higher education, has since become eligible to join the recently established “Life” magazine and has become a member of “Newsweek.” Because he insisted on taking pictures using a 6×6 compact camera that had just come out at the time, this publication actually expelled him. At the time, these large magazines used large cameras to pay attention to the exquisite photos to cater to the readers. Smith believes that using small cameras has greater freedom of exploration.