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Online-Available
* Media Notices
* A recent 11-page feature article (Smart & Entertaining) from the May-June Issue of ArtStew Magazine, tracing Gary Mark Smith's unusual 30+-year career as a global street photographer.

** ArtStew May-June 2009
Gary Mark Smith - Global Street Photographer
Either waiting for the perfect set of characters to combine in stimulating composition or seeking access to some of the most dangerous streets on the planet, Gary goes full force with a dedication... and an overwhelming resume of global street photography

* Also in the May-June ArtStew
Online Edition
** Extensive Interview with Gary Mark Smith
About his Unique Street Photography Method:

An Extensive interview (a 45-minute read) with one of the foremost and most unusual groundbreaking street photographers on the planet...
* The most compelling and accurate popular media profile about Gary Mark Smith's career (since the internet age) appeared in the January 2002 ArtMag upon his return from the Streets of the Terror War/Streets of the Tribal Belt shoot on the Pakistan/Afghanistan border in December 2001.

** THE MAG: Magazine Cover Story
The Art of War:
Lawrence artist captures photos in the world’s hot spots
by freelance writer Mitchell J. Near – January 3, 2002
When the World Trade Center towers were attacked in September, Lawrence photographer Gary Smith was in Amsterdam at an arts festival, doing what he does best: taking pictures of the local art scene...
* Other (Online-available) Media Notice
** American Photo Magazine, Nov/Dec 1991
Career Competition Issue
G. Mark Smith a winner of the American Photo Career Competition.
** American Photo Magazine, Nov/Dec 2000
International Photo Readers Competition Issue
G. Mark Smith a winner of the American Photo International Photo Readers Competition of 2000.
** White With Foam:
Essays, Rumors, Field Notes and Photographs from the Edge of WWIII
Published on Kindle- June 2009
(425-pg/170-photo)
** Photographer Wins Prestigious Photography Award
His second time as American Photography readers competition winner
December 24, 2000
Lawrence photographic artist, author and educator Gary Mark Smith has been named a winner in the American Photo magazine's Year 2000 International Readers Photo Competition.
** Museum Exhibit Features Work by Lawrence Photographer
Oklahoma City Museum of Art Crossroads to run 20 weeks
Exhibition Media Blurb Lawrence
Exhibition Media Blurb Oklahoma City #1
Exhibition Media Blurb National - Online Photographer E-zine
Artwork Assessed for Permanent Collection blurb in OKCMOA Annual Report (Scroll Down to Page 4)
July 1, 2006
Four photographic artworks by Lawrence global street photographer Gary Smith have been included in a four-month international street photography exhibition at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art…

** Black and White World Online Top Ten Photo Web Sites
September 2000
Ranking by Mason Resnick
Streetphoto.com-G. Mark Smith's street photography has an international flavor, with photos taken in New York, France, Australia, Cuba, Netherlands and elsewhere. Check out "Searching for Washington Square," "Streets of the Cold War" and "Sleeping in the City". The work shows good reflexes and a keen eye for the moment. (Some color).
** Caribbean Travel and Life Magazine
Montserrat Memories
November 1999
by Suzanne Gordon
By the age of 20 Gary Mark Smith had been knocked unconscious twice by lightning...
** Molten Memoirs:
Essays, Rumors, Field Notes and Photographs from the Edge of Fury
Re-published as Kindle edition- June 2009
(265-pg/105-photo)
** Volunteers Return From Gulf Coast
Red Cross doing its best, crew says
by Sophia Maines - October 1, 2005
At a shelter in Louisiana days after Hurricane Katrina struck, an 84-year-old woman asked Gary Smith whether the world was coming to an end…
** THE MAG: Magazine Feature Story
Into the Eye of the Storm:
Lawrence Photographer Seeks Lethal Situations for the Perfect Shot
by freelance writer Mitchell J. Near
August 30, 2001
Contrary to his lifestyle, Gary Smith does not have a death wish. Though he's served as a war correspondent, traveled to third-rate hell holes, dodged bullets, lightning, earthquakes, floods and erupting volcanos, Smith would rather be out of harms way most of the time...
** Hays Arts Council/ Fall 2008
EXHIBITION NOTICE (219 Images) and Hays Five-State Competition & Exhibition Juror
Sleeping in the City: DreamScapes and Other Episodes from inside the Wire
Thirty Years of Global Street Photography
by Master Global Street Photographer Gary Mark Smith
Hays Arts Center/ Hays Kansas/ October-November 2008

Call to Enter
Exhibition Notice #1
Exhibition Notice #2
Exhibition/Lecture Blurb
Jury Notice #1
Jury Notice #1
** Midway Magazine Cover Story: Clinging to the Edge of Fury
October 1997
LAWRENCE --- It isn't that Gary Mark Smith walks around with a dark cloud above his head. However, the Lawrence photographer does have a knack for being in the right places at the wrongest of times.
** Photographer Shoots in Shadow of Volcano
Lawrence resident documents how Montserrat residents respond to a volcano that threatened their homes
by Diana Dunkley – February 5, 1998
Lawrence photographer Gary Mark Smith has put together an astounding portfolio of about 75 photographs taken on an expedition last September to the Caribbean island of Montserrat during the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano.
** Author to Sign Copies of Book
Gary Mark Smith releases book about Montserrat Volcano
February 13, 1999
Lawrence artist Gary Mark Smith will read from his book, "Molten Memoirs: Essays, Rumors, Field Notes and Photographs from the Edge of Fury," from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Borders, 700 N.H.
** Photographer Captures Moments of Fury
I hate computers. I’m a field man. Every minute I sit at a computer eats my soul
by Philip Carlson – December 31, 2000
LAWRENCE --- Gary Mark Smith has been struck by lighting twice in Pennsylvania, fallen off a 45-foot cliff in Quebec, survived a 7.1 earthquake in El Salvador and out-run a volcano in Montserrat. He considers himself lucky.
** ArtStew.org Magazine Feature/ Spring 2009
An Introduction to the remarkable career of Gary Mark Smith/ A Different Way of Seeing
** Photographer Captures Routine of Street Life
Resident taps into people-watching skills
by Jan Biles – August 31, 2000
For 20 years, Lawrence photographer Gary Mark Smith, Lawrence, has traveled the Earth searching for "Washington Squares," places where he could observe people as they go about the routines of their daily lives.
** Otra Ciudad - Spain

** MyArtspace Featured Website Cover Artist of the Month (April 2009)

** Streetnotes:
University of California@ Berkley
Summer 2003

** Beatniks in Kansas

** Scarlem.net Literary Magazine from Toronto

** White With Foam on Kindle

** Molten Memoirs on Kindle

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