Fine Print: Three gentlemen wait for a bus in the rain. London, England, 1964 Burt Glinn Smith himself received life-threatening injuries

Smith himself received life-threatening injuries while hit with mortar fire on Okinawa

land hungry and dirt poor

He studied photography with Hans Finsler in his native Zurich at the School for Arts and Crafts

This sustained personal engagement resulted in an immersive body of work

Fine Print: Three gentlemen wait for a bus in the rain. London, England, 1964 Burt Glinn Smith himself received life-threatening injuriesBetween 1950 and 1961 Burt Glinn shot more than 250 American subjects for LIFE magazine. They vary from the light hearted (Animals on TV) to the tragic (Thanksgiving Plane Crash). In this image taken in 1964, three gentlemen wait for a bus in the rain on Hyde Park corner in London.