Gary Mark Smith

Gary Mark Smith
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Narození27. dubna 1956 (66 let)
Bethlehem
Alma materKansaská univerzita
Kansaská státní univerzita
Povolánífotograf, novinář a fotoreportér
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Pražská pouliční scéna, Karlův most, 1990

Gary Mark Smith (* 27. dubna 1956) je americký pouliční fotograf.[1][2][3] Je známý svým empatickým a literárním stylem fotografií zachycených v extrémně nebezpečném prostředí.[4][5][6][7]

Mládí a vzdělání

Narodil se v Bethlehemu, Pennsylvania a své první fotografie pořídil na rodinné farmě u Kutztownu. Na střední škole začal fotografovat pouliční život ve Washington Square Parku v nedalekém New Yorku.[8] V roce 1984 dostudoval žurnalistiku na University of Kansas v Lawrence.[9]

Dílo

War Time, El Salvador příslušník FMLN[10][11]

Mezi lety 1982 a 2005 se stal uznávaným a inovativním fotografem Global Street a vyznamenal se svým způsobem stírání hranice mezi dokumentární žurnalistikou a výtvarným uměním[12] a svědectvím o nebezpečí a dramatických chvílích. Jeho snímky jsou vizuálně povedené a zároveň intelektuálně stimulují. Mezi jeho nejznámější projekty patří:

Cold War Během dob studené války podnikl několik výprav do Salvadoru, Guatemaly a Nikaragui kde se nechal inspirovat partyzánskou válkou - načerno si přivydělával jako novinář pro univerzitní Deník Kansan[13], působil jako fotograf na volné noze pro Associated Press, United Press International a další instituce.[14] Za své snímky obdržel několik cen[15][16][17] a v prosinci 1991 mu americký časopis American Photo udělil ocenění American Photo Career Photographer.

Molten Memoirs Tora Bora: An American Global Street Photographer’s Post 9-11 View of the Streets of the Afghanistan/Pakistan Tribal Belt at the Time of Tora Bora.

Katrina Dne 1. září 2005 byl Smith poslán americkým Červeným křížem dokumentovat následky hurikánu Katrina a záplavy v New Orleans, Louisiana.[18] V roce 2009 bylo osm jeho obrazů zařazeno do stálé sbírky v neworleanském muzeu umění (NOMA).[19]

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


Knihy na téma pouliční fotografie

  • “Molten Memoirs: Essays, Rumors, Field Notes and Photographs From The Edge of Fury” (1999, 2000, 2001, 2009) An Artist’s Account of the Volcano Holdouts of Salem, Montserrat. (Issued on tape for the sight impaired in 2001 by Audio Reader; 2009 issued as a Kindle Edition)
  • “Searching For Washington Square” (2001) (Published by the Traver Foundation)
  • “White With Foam”: Essays, Rumors, Field Notes, and Photographs from the Edge of World War III (September 10, 2001 to September 12, 2002) (Published as an online book December 2007)
  • ”The Road to Hell: How to Make Heaven Out of Third Class Travel” 2009.

Galerie

Odkazy

Reference

  1. CNN 24-hour Cable Television News Channel. Jeff Flock/ Bernard Shaw (1992-04-30 to 05-08)
  2. Near, Mitchell J. (2002-01-03) The MAG: Cover Story – The Art of War, A Lawrence artist captures street photography in world’s hot spots. The Art MAG (9-page Illustrated magazine article). http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2002/jan/03/the_mag_cover/ Archivováno 7. 6. 2011 na Wayback Machine.
  3. Near, Mitchell J. (2001-08-30) The Art MAG: Feature Story - Into the Eye of the Storm: Photographer Seeks Lethal Situations for the Perfect Shot. http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2001/aug/30/into_the_eye/ Archivováno 7. 6. 2011 na Wayback Machine. The Art MAG (Illustrated) feature story.
  4. Biles, Jan (1997-03-06) “Photographer Takes Global View With Art.” The MAG photography column (Lawrence Journal-World) illustrated feature story.
  5. James R. Hugunin (2000–2002) Global Wandering as Method, critical foreword to Gary Mark Smith’s second street photography book “Searching for Washington Square: A celebration of Life on the Global Street, vol. 1” (Lawrence, KS: East Village PhotoArts and the Traver Trust, 2000). http://www.uturn.org/Vita/allpub.htm
  6. James R. Hugunin's Critical Essay on Gary Mark Smith http://www.streetphoto.com/Critical%20Review.htm Archivováno 7. 1. 2009 na Wayback Machine.
  7. ArtStew Magazine Interview http://artstewmagazine.blogspot.com/2009/05/gary-mark-smith-artstew-magazine-issue.html
  8. Martin, Sharon L. (2000-July/August) Gary Mark Smith: On the Streets of the World. The Purdue Alumnus Magazine (7-page) feature story (Illustrated).
  9. Popper, Joe (1989-05-28) Guerrilla Rock: Or, How a Tiny, 100-Watt KU Radio Station Caused a Million Watts of Grief. An investigative journalism expose about how Smith and a few thousand of his friends saved a groundbreaking radio station from local and national power freaks intent on spoiling a cultural legacy, KJHK – The Sound Alternative. Kansas City Star Magazine (13-page) (illustrated) cover expose.
  10. American Photo magazine (1991-Nov/Dec issue) American Photo International Career Photographer Competition. (Illustrated) http://www.streetphoto.com/MediaReview1.htm Archivováno 25. 7. 2010 na Wayback Machine.. The American Photo' editorial staff Stephanie Dolgoff.
  11. 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.
  12. United Press International (1982-06) Network, Freelance Photographers Taken by FML
  13. Jones, Laurie (1984) Jayhawk Journalist Magazine; spring issue. Gary Smith: Senior Turns Combat Photographer in El Salvador. Illustrated (5-page) feature story.
  14. Goldberg, Phil (1982-08-14) El Salvador Ambush Hits Home for Local Photographer. Lawrence Journal-World front-page news feature.
  15. Gary Smith (1983-03-01) UDK foreign correspondent (analysis). “Suchitoto: Story of a Village Besieged.” The University Daily Kansan front page jump, article with 8-photographs on double truck. Article and photographs won Smith a Hearst College Journalism Award nomination from his professors at the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas.
  16. Gary Smith (1984-02-17) UDK foreign dispatch: San Salvador, El Salvador -- (analysis). “Salvadorans Have Choice in March Vote: People Must Choose Between Bloody Fight, Guerrilla Agreement”. The University Daily Kansan front-page analysis
  17. Gary Smith (1984-03-01) UDK lead editorial board editorial. “Defining Justice.” (A scathing editorial condemning the Reagan administration CIA-sponsored mining of Nicaraguan waterways) Reprinted in the Topeka Capitol-Journal and the Washington Post.
  18. Maines, Sophia (2005-10-01) Volunteers Return From Gulf Coast. http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/oct/01/volunteers_return_gulf_coast/ Lawrence Journal-World (Illustrated) cover story.
  19. Stewart, Scott (2009-05-25), Pioneering A Global Range in a Traditionally Local Art,Lengthy illustrated feature cover story with two dozen published photographs and an extensive illustrated career timeline. ArtStew International Magazine (11-page illustrated cover story)

Externí odkazy

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Prague Street Scene.png
Autor: Gary Mark Smith , Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
An accordion busker practicing his trade on Charles Bridge. Photo by Gary Mark Smith.
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Autor: Gary Mark Smith , Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
A Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) soldier takes aim during a wartime “road advisory” near Suchitoto, El Salvador (1984). Photo by Gary Mark Smith.
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Autor: Gary Mark Smtih, Licence: GFDL
A man carrying something on his back in Pakistan.
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Autor: Gary Mark Smith , Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Two men sitting in a wagon passying by a woman wearing a burqa and a child in the city of Peshawar, Pakistan.
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Autor: Gary Mark Smith , Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
The September 22,1997 10:46 AM eruption of the Sufriere Hills volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat.
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Autor: Gary Mark Smith , Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Works by Brazilian painter Emilia Castellan at the weekly “Hippie Fair” at Ipanema. Photo by Gary Mark Smith.
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Autor: Gary Mark Smith , Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Amsterdam, Holland. Photo by Gary Mark Smith.
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Retrato de Gary Mark Smith.
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Autor: Gary Mark Smith , Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Waiting for Improvements in the New York Subway System. 3:30 AM New York City.
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Autor: Gary Mark Smith , Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Storm surge damage along Highway 90 on the Mississippi Gulf Coast (early September, 2005). Photo by Gary Mark Smith.