Joe Smith
My World, My Stage
I come from a fine art background and my concern with photography has
always been that of an artistic expression. I inevitably adapt this
approach to all my work, even commercial. I do a lot of theatrical/dance
work in Malta and even did a stint as the official photographer of an
experimental theatre group. I love 'staging' shots, particularly fashion
pictures.
The talk is a presentation of a cross section of my work, with the
emphasis being on my Jazz portfolio. I will also feature theatrical/dance
work, personal work and the images from the book about Vittoriosa which
hopefully will be published by the end of this year and I can bring a few
copies over.
Biography
Joe Smith FSWPP FBIPP FMPA FMIPP ARPS AFIAP Dip. Artistic & Cultural Management
(Born 17.03.1959) Joe P. Smith is a photographer and artist absorbed in an artistic quest that comprises photography, the graphic media and painting. Joe studied art and design in Malta and Florence, Italy where he was awarded scholarship in 1983. He has been in photography since 1979. He is a member of the Malta Photographic Society of which he won the coveted Photographer of the Year Award in 1995 and also a Fellow of the Malta Institute of Professional Photographers. He is often called upon by both organizations to judge competitions and give lectures.
In 1995 he was made Associate of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain and later Artist of the International Federation of Photographic Art. In 2001 he was the first and only Maltese photographer to achieve Fellowship status of the Malta Institute of Professional Photographers. In November of the same year he was also made Associate of the Master Photographers Association of the UK. Joe has also been responsible for the design of various logos of established companies, brochures, packaging, CD sleeves and postage stamps.
Between
1991-1992 he was art director of the in-house design and packaging studio
of a cosmetics manufacturing concern. His preference is for monochrome
photography especially those depicting the performing arts and his name
has become synonymous with evocative pictures of Jazz musicians who
performed in the Malta Jazz Festival. Joe has been the official
photographer since the first edition in 1991. Many of his Jazz pictures
can be found on the websites of renowned musicians who played in the
Festival. An American website ! HYPERLINK http://www.allaboutjazz.com
www.allaboutjazz.com is
hosting a different monthly exhibition of Smith’s work.
Between 1987 and 1993 he was the resident photographer of the experimental theatre group Politeatru with whom he traveled to Moscow in 1991 and staged an exhibition of theatrical photography at the Russian Federation Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art. In October 2002 he was awarded the prestigious Overseas Master Photographer Award of the Master Photographers Association of the UK in the Fashion/Illustrative category.
In 2003 he received no less than three Awards of Excellence in the same Awards and in April 2004 he received the highest accolade in photography when he was successful in attaining Fellowship status of the MPA. This he did with a panel of twenty monochrome pictures depicting jazz musicians who played in Malta since the inception of the Malta Jazz festival. In the first ever British Professional Photography Awards in October 2004, Joe also carried away the Overseas Press and PR Category with one of his jazz pictures. This year he also achieved Fellowship status of the British Institute of Professional Photography. In 2005 he was once again the recipient of Overseas Pictorial and Illustrative category at the same awards and was also finalist in the Fashion category and the Press and PR category. Later in the year he was made Fellow of the SWPP.
Joe has exhibited extensively locally and abroad and has had work published in various publications. He is also frequently called upon to judge local and international competitions and also to lecture on digital photography. Artist's address:'Sentosa'7, Carmelo Bugeja Street Dingli RBT 14MaltaTel: (0356) 21450496 Mobile: (0356) 9986 0986email: ! HYPERLINK oesmith@maltanet.net joesmith@maltanet.net web: www.smithjp.com www.smithjp.com
Personal
Exhibitions: June 1981 Paintings at the National Museum of Fine Arts -
VallettaJune 1983 Paintings at the National Museum of Fine Arts -
Valletta February 1985 Photographs at the National Museum of Fine
Arts - Valletta September 1991 Theatrical photography at the Russian
Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art - Moscow December 1992
Theatrical and Dance photography at the National Museum of Archeology -
Valletta December 1995 Abstract photographs at the National Museum of Fine
Arts - Valletta May 1998 The Jazz Portfolio - Jazz Portraits - photographs
at “The Labyrinth” - Valletta March 2001 Digital Photographic Art at
Le Meridien Phoenicia Hotel June 2001 Digital Photographic Art at The
Malta Photographic Society September 2001 Digital Photographic Art at the
Local Council – Rabat, Malta December 2003 ‘Youth & the Elderly’-
Photographic exhibition at the Inquisitor’s Palace, Vittoriosa September
2004 ‘Youth & the Elderly’ – Photographs - Vilnius, Lithuania
July 2005 Jazz Photographs during the Malta International Jazz Festival
April 2006 Jazz Photographs at the Le Meridien St Julians Hotel - Malta
Collective Exhibitions: October 1981 Paintings at the Cathedral Museum -
Mdina October 1982 Paintings at the Cathedral Museum - Mdina March 1983
Paintings at National Museum of Fine Arts - Valletta August 1983 Paintings
at National Museum of Archeology - Valletta June 1984 Young Maltese
Photographers at Gallerija Fenici - Valletta August 1984 Maltafest
Exhibition at National Museum of Archeology - Vallett
a
August 1985 Maltafest Exhibition at National Museum of Archeology -
Valletta August 1986 Maltafest Exhibition at National Museum of Archeology
- Valletta October 1986 Paintings at the Cathedral Museum - Mdina March
1987 “Images” photographic exhibition at the Commonwealth Institute -
London October 1987 “Images” photographic exhibition at the University
of British Columbia - Vancouver October 1987 Maltafest Exhibition at
National Museum of Archeology - VallettaApril 1988 Mostra Internazionale
di Pittura e Scultura at the Museo Del Risorgimento – Rome September
1988 Independence Art Exhibition - Floriana June 1989 ‘Three
Photographers’ at the Comune di Pozzallo - SicilyJune 1992 Jazz
Photographs at WANDS outlet - Valletta From 1988 - 1996 Dunhill
Photographic Exhibitions - Malta September 2000 Inaugural exhibition at St
James Centre for Creativity-“Art in Malta Today”October 2002 Master
Photographers Association Exhibitions - UK December 2002 ‘Angels’
exhibition at St James Centre for CreativityJune 2003 Commonwealth “Youth”
photographic exhibition – UK and Commonwealth October 2003 Master
Photographers Association Exhibitions – UK September 2004 ‘Project
Malta 24/7’ – St James Centre for Creativity – Malta (USA and
Australia) October 2004 British Professional Photography Exhibition – UK
March 2005 Collective MIPP at St James Centre for Creativity – Valletta
October 2005 British Professional Photography Exhibition
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