Artist Media Review

A recent popular Online biography about the artist

Gary Mark Smith is an acclaimed American Street Photographer known for his evocative and creative photographs, including powerful scenes from several wars and from the aftermath of the 9-11 terror attack, often operating on miserable streets existing during challenging violent times. His approach extends to capturing the raw essence of humanity during and just after fierce natural disasters and inside gang-occupied slums, bringing a deep, sometimes stark insight into the lives of his subjects.

His artworks, having been Included in prestigious collections and he having published several celebrated street photography journals, has further established him in his time as a significant figure in street photography at the turn of the millennium, integrating both the aesthetic and humanistic aspects of the genre. During his unique lifetime project Smith has made a profound impact capturing individual stories with empathy and artistry and has made a remarkable journey documenting human resilience, committed to portraying nuanced realities of the global condition as he finds them.

His relationships growing up alongside Kieth Haring in rural Pennsylvania and later becoming a neighbor and gallery mate with William S. Burroughs in Kansas underscores the intersecting creative paths and mutual influences among notable American artists of their times.

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