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Smith, Matthew
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Matthew

Smith

"I'm a writer, a fine art and fashion photographer, and a creative director, based in North London. I’m the founder and editor-in-chief of True Love.

My first novel is The Waking (Wundor Editions 2017). My first collection of poetry is Sea of the Edge (Wundor Editions 2018).

My poetry has been published in magazines and journals including The London Magazine, Acumen, Envoi, Poetry Salzburg Review and Orbis. I was a winner at The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2018. I won the Orbis Readers' Award in March 2019. I have been shortlisted for various other awards.

My forthcoming fine art photoseries Mila and the Storm was a winner at the London International Creative Competition 2023. It won an Honourable Mention at the Px3 Paris Prix de la Photographie 2024.

My recent fine art photoseries Ascension won Gold in the Street category and Second Place in the photobook category at the Analog Sparks 2024 awards. It won Honourable Mentions at the Lucie International Photo Awards 2020, the Moscow International Foto Awards in 2020 and 2021 and the Tokyo International Foto Awards 2022. Ascension was published as a photobook by Red Turtle Photobook in the autumn of 2023. It was exhibited at AOCF 58 Galleria Bruno Lisi in Rome in April and May 2023. More details about Ascension can be found here.

My fine art photography has featured in group shows across the US, the UK and Italy.

My fashion photography has been published by L’Officiel, 1883, and KEYI magazines, and many more. You can find my fashion portfolio here.

I read English Literature at Christ Church, University of Oxford.

I’m the founder and director of Helicon View, an education consultancy."







Solo Exhibitions

April-May 2023 –Ascension. Galleria Bruno Lisi AOCF58. Rome, Italy

April 2021 – Chora. Arte Spazio Tempo. Venice, Italy

January-February 2020 – Chora. Hagi Art and Landabout. Tokyo, Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions

November 2024 – Analog Sparks 2024 Winners’ Show. House of Lucie. Athens, Greece

August 2024 – TRYST. Torrance Art Museum. Los Angeles, US

April 2022 – Street Photography. The Glasgow Gallery of Photography. Glasgow, UK

October 2021 – ARTEXPO NY with New York Centre for Photographic Arts. New York, US

September 2021 – Essential Water. PhotoPlace Gallery. Vermont, US

February 2021 – Emergence 2. The Glasgow Gallery of Photography. Glasgow, UK

January-February 2020 – Empty Places: Abandoned Spaces. Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, US

July 2019 – ART Santa Fe with the New York Centre for Photographic Arts. Santa Fe, US

January 2019 – Mostra Fotografica da Instagram. Museo Giorgione Castelfranco, Veneto, Italy

December 2018 – Color Photography 2018. Black Box Gallery, Portland, US

Portfolio

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