About Gary Smith

BIO:

I have been active in photography for many years and I have a very diverse background both technically and creatively. I founded and published a national print magazine and I have been published in four books and several other national magazines. I also hold a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science.

Influencers:

Very early on, photographers like Ansel Adams, Ernst Haas and Jay Maisel captured my interest as did my grandfather's own work. Current photographers like Albert Watson are at the top of the mark today and they are still producing new work so I get to enjoy their talents regularly. On the right is one of my grandfather's images of Alexander Graham Bell taken in 1920 (his copyright is on the back of the image for the news service). I also have two of his 8x10 Kodak glass negatives of the Panama Canal being dug, which are all very special images because my grandfather witnessed these historical events. He was also an aviator and I have a couple of pics with him and his biplane. He was an early aerial photographer and I have a few prints of his of the Nation's Capitol from the air in the same period. I wish I could have known him but his images live on...