JONATHAN SMITH: Untold Stories

Photograph (c) Jonathan Smith /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) Jonathan Smith /All Rights Reserved

La Lettre de la Photographie 1.18.11
Photographer Sylvia Plachy with Jonathan Smith
Hearst 2011 8x10 Photography Biennial Opening Night

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"Jonathan Smith's use of lighting and décor emotionally augment his true subjects - the colors of night air and the abandonment that floats in it."

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Eight winners and ten honorable mentions were selected for the 2011 Hearst 8x10 Photography Biennial from over 4,600 entries from across the U.S. and 70 other countries. Jonathan Smith was spotlighted as one of the eight emerging photographers, in an exhibition currently at the Hearst Towers Alexey Brodovitch Gallery, for his series Untold Stories.

Jonathan Smith studied in the United Kingdom at the Kent Institute of Design (KIAD) and the International Center for Photography in New York. Smith worked in the studio of the renowned New York photographer, Joel Meyerowitz from 2000 until 2009. He had his first solo show Untold Stories at Rick Wester Fine Art in September 2010. His work has appeared in Metropolis and View magazines, PDN, Art and Architecture and The Royal Photographic Society Magazine.

Jonathan Smith Photography