Studio Address: 1717-1/2 Illinois St., Lawrence, KS 66044

Home Address: 1717 Illinois St., Lawrence, KS 66044

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: National Museum of American Art,

                                                       The 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, Molen 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 Traver Trust.

·        2004          “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 Online Journal 2006/2007)

 “Makes a typical Tod Papageorge photograph appear modest by comparison ...”  

 “Nearly all (his) images are sympathetic toward their subjects, foregoing the aggressiveness
and 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 at 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.com (Magazine)  named
                  Streetphoto .com art site a TOP TEN PHOTO WEB SITE

·        2006          Oklahoma City Museum of Art: Crossroads; 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 ...”  

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