Fine Print: Three gentlemen wait for a bus in the rain. London, England, 1964 Burt Glinn New York has always been

New York has always been a city of dramatic excitement—big dreams and constant changes

titled Mediations

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

This sustained personal engagement resulted in an immersive body of work

which appeared on the cover of LIFE magazine on April 9

Fine Print: Three gentlemen wait for a bus in the rain. London, England, 1964 Burt Glinn New York has always beenBetween 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.