Gary Mark Smith

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Gary Mark Smith (born April 27, 1956 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ) is an American street photographer .

Smith takes photos on the world's most dangerous roads. Through his haunting and neither cynical nor satirical approach to his motifs, he consciously succeeds in capturing textual compositions in his pictures.

Career

Between 1982 and 2005 Smith made a name for himself as an innovative global street photographer who, in the course of his development, succeeded in blurring the lines between journalism, documentary and art in his work. He takes an interest in the dangers and dramas of history and thus uses the visual stimuli and an intellectual, stimulating lead in his recordings as a contemporary witness.

Projects

Soldier in El Salvador, 1984
Cold War

Several expeditions in the guerrilla wars in El Salvador , Guatemala and Nicaragua caused by the Cold War .

Volcanic eruption on Montserrat

In September 1997, Smith was able to gain access to Montserrat in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean , where he was one of the 200 famous objectors who did not want to leave the island until the last before the almost fateful eruption of La Soufrière on September 22, 1997 Minute had to flee.

Torah Bora

The Tribat Belt (tribal area) in Afghanistan / Pakistan during the Tora Bora bombing

´The Streets of the Post-9 / 11´

The project includes footage from: World Trade Center in New York City ; the streets during the aerial warfare in the Battle of Bora Bora; the streets of the refugee camps in the Afghan-Pakistani border area; the streets of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas ( FATA ) near Peshawar , Pakistan ; beyond the Khyber Pass .

Hurricane Katrina
Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

On September 1, 2005, the American Red Cross dispatched Smith to the disaster area left by Hurricane Katrina and the flood in New Orleans , Louisiana, where he served as a member of the relief organization's first-aid team building rescue shelters in southern Louisiana, just outside of the flood affected areas of New Orleans. In 2009, eight of the pictures he shot there were included in the permanent exhibition of the art collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA).

Sleeping in the City - Global Street Photography from Inside the Wire.

Because of his risky historical photography, Smith is considered the godfather of so-called "citizen journalism" and is regarded by contemporary street photographers as a pioneer who brought modern street photography to a high level. Documenting the roads of our world took him to more than 60 countries on six continents. His snapshots, taken on the streets of the world, capture customs, advertising and typical urban elements of a certain place and are characterized by a special flair for the unique and unusual in a crowd. They are now part of private art collections and have been included in the collections of important museums in North America, South America and Europe.

In October 2010, two of the photos from the "Sleeping in the City cycle" were auctioned at the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film as part of the first benefit auction in more than 30 years at Sotheby’s in New York.

Publications

  • Molten Memoirs : Essays, Rumors, Field Notes, and Photos from the Edge of Anger. 1999, 2000, 2001, 2009. An artist's accounting for the volcano holdouts of Salem, Montserrat. 2001 edition on tape for the visually impaired by Audio Reader; 2009 ed. as Kindle Edition.
  • Searching For Washington Square (2001) (edited by the Traver Foundation). ISBN 0967276942
  • White With Foam : Essays, Rumors, Field Notes, and Photographs from the Brink of World War II . September 10, 2001 to September 12, 2002. Online book 2007.
  • The Road to Hell: How to Make Heaven Out of Third Class Travel Photos Janet M. Cinelli, foreword by Gary Mark Smith. 2009.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CNN 24-hour news channel on cable television. Jeff Flock / Bernard Shaw (April 30 to May 8, 1992)
  2. ↑ Near, Mitchell J. (March 1, 2002) The MAG: Cover Story - War Art. A Lawrence artist captures street photography in hotspots around the world. The Art Mag (illustrated, 9-page magazine article) http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2002/jan/03/the_mag_cover/
  3. ^ Near, Mitchell J. (1 maart 2002) The MAG: Editorial - in the eye of the hurricane. Photographer seeks mortal danger for the perfect shot. The Art MAG (illustrated) editorial. http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2001/aug/30/into_the_eye/ The Art MAG (Illustrated) feature story.
  4. ↑ American Photo magazine (November / December 1991 issue) American Photo International Career Photographer Competition. (Illustrated). American Photo Stephanie Dolgoff's editorial staff.
  5. ↑ Kansas Magazine (1992-Spring) “Lawrence Photographer Gary Mark Smith Wins International American Photo magazine 'Career Photographer's Competition'” Kansas Magazine, The Kansas Department of Commerce quarterly magazine.
  6. ^ Goldberg, Phil (August 14, 1982) El Salvador Ambush Hits Home for Local Photographer. Front-page editorial of Lawrence Journal-World.
  7. ^ Gary Smith (March 1, 1983) Analysis of the UKD foreign correspondent. "Suchitoto: The Story of a Stormed Village". Front page insertion in University Daily Kansan, article with 8 two-column photos. With this article and photos, Smith received the Hearst College Journalism Award nomination from his professors at the University of Kansas' William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
  8. ^ Gary Smith (February 17, 1984) UDK foreign report: San Salvador, El Salvador (analysis). "El Salvador will have a choice in March: the people will have to choose between a bloody fight and an agreement with the guerrilla". Front page analysis in University Daily Kansan.
  9. ↑ Associated Press (October 8, 1999) 22-inch article on Montserrat Volcano (illustrated with three photographs). Nationally and worldwide.
  10. ↑ Blankenship, Bill (November 2, 1997) “Clawed on the Edge of Frenzy: An Artist's Return from the Streets of a Volcanic Eruption.” Midway Magazine (Topeka Capitol-Journal) with 6 photo illustrations, a page and a half cover story.
  11. ^ Gordon, Suzanne (November 1999 edition) Montserrat Memoirs. Caribbean Travel and Life magazine (illustrated).
  12. ↑ Stewart, Scott (May 25, 2009), Pioneering A Global Range in a Traditionally Local Art, extensive illustrated cover story with two dozen published photos and a detailed illustrated timeline of Smith's career. ArtStew International Magazine (11 pages illustrated cover story)
  13. ↑ Lyon, Kaley (November 15, 2008) Globe-trotting Street Photographer Brings Eye for Detail to Hays Archive Link ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Hays Daily News (illustrated). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hdnews.net
  14. ^ Annual Report: Oklahoma City Museum of Art (January 1, 2008) Pictures by Gary Mark Smiths from the OKCMOA collection (illustrated). 2006–2007 Annual Report The Oklahoma City Museum of Arts.

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personal data
SURNAME Smith, Gary Mark
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American street photographer
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Bethlehem, Pennsylvania