Eric Smith
Photographer @ Monroe Gallery of Photography / Based in DeLand,Florida, USA
I was a long time resident of Detroit and South Eastern Michigan, USA. untill 2016.
I currently reside and work from Daytona Beach, Fl.My entire artistic career has been centered in the photographic medium.
Recently I have returned to concentrate on my first love in photography (believing in the power of the photographic image) - A Fine Art approach to socially and culturally relevant documentary photography.
My photographic fine arts education was at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI.
I balanced my artistic drive with a freelance photographic business creating compelling images for the commercial photographic market. Assignments ranged from environmental portraiture and picture stories for consumer magazines (including Forbes, Business Week, New York Sunday Magazine). Also editorial work for numerous corporate, trade and marketing publication including IBM, Unisys, Buick etc. For the corporate market my work has included product photography, sales brochures, annual reports and collateral marketing materials.
I am currently represented by the Monroe Gallery of Photography in Santa Fe, NM. I contribute to some on-line publications and collections including API (Art Photo Index at Photo Eye), Social Documentary Network, Lensculture and Demotix (see menu - "Links"). I am also reaching out to organization and NGO's to assist in their work and humanitarian projects.