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Studio Address: 1717 Illinois St., Lawrence, KS 66044 USA
Home Address: 1717 Illinois St., Lawrence, KS 66044 USA
#785-749-2767
gary@streetphoto.com
Master Photographer
1983
William Randolph Hearst Award Nomination: William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
1996
Master of Arts Fellowship: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Ongoing
National Endowment for the Arts/ National Endowment for the Humanities: multiple grant winner.
National Science Foundation: Antarctic Artist and Writer Fellowship Program. Finalist. 1997
“Smith’s photographs and their commentaries are powerful and dramatic. Smith’s created a terrific piece of work with remarkable people in remarkable places.”
Virginia Mecklenburg
Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian
Author of Three Street Photography Books
1999
“Molten Memoirs: Essays, Rumors, Field Notes and Photographs From The Edge of Fury; An Artist’s Account of the Volcano Holdouts of Salem, Montserrat." (Aside from a very successful triple printing, Molten Memoirs was produced and issued on tape for the sight impaired by Audio Reader)
2000
“Searching For Washington Square: A Celebration of Life on the Global Street” (Published by a grant from the Traver Foundation.)
2003
“White With Foam (September 10, 2001 to September 12, 2002) A Journal: Essays, Rumors, Field Notes, and Photographs from the Edge of World War III.” (Published as an Online Journal in 2006/2007)
“Makes a typical Tod Papageorge photograph appear modest by comparison ...”
“Nearly all (his) images are sympathetic toward their subjects, foregoing the aggressivenessand social satire of street photographer Garry Winogrand's oeuvre. Whereas Winogrand remained an outsider on the street, Smith seems to resonate with the energy of the crowd (and) empathize with his subjects.
James R. Hugunin
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Highlights of International Exposure Includes
1991
American Photo Magazine National Photographer's Career Competition winner
2000
American Photo Magazine International Reader's Competition winner
Black and White Online (Magazine) named www.Streetphoto.com art site a TOP TEN PHOTO WEB SITE
2006
Oklahoma City Museum of Art: Crossroads; 4-month International Street Photography Exhibition
“Mr. Smith’s strength is his unique vision: what one might call a peripatetic eye for hidden detail. His vision is ironic, quizzical, and at its best, reveling of the human condition...”
Susan Ressler
Professor Emeritus/Purdue University |