Sean Smith (photojournalist and filmmaker)

Sean Smith is a British photographer and filmmaker best known for his coverage of conflicts and wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and DR Congo.[1] He's been on staff at Britain’s The Guardian newspaper since 1988. His work in the U.K. has dealt with inner-city disturbances of the 1980s, heroin users and the lives of professional wrestlers,[2] among other subjects.

Smith’s video reports have appeared on the Newsnight program, Channel 4 News and the United States’ ABC News.

In September, 2011, Random House published Frontlines, a book with an introduction by renowned journalist Jon Snow, documenting the invasion of Iraq and its aftermath, as well as wars in Afghanistan, Congo and Lebanon. A selection of the photographs in the book, was exhibited in Kings Place,[3] London,[4] and Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne.[5]

His pictures have also appeared in Five Thousand Days: Press Photography in a Changing World and Decade.

Awards and recognition

2006: The Press Photographer’s Year Photograph of the Year.[6]

2007: The Press Photographer’s Year Photograph of the Year.[7]

2007: The Press Photographer’s Year First Place News.[8]

2007: DAYS Japan International Special Jury Prize.Im

2008: Royal Television Society Award Best International News for Iraq: Apache Company, made by GuardianFilms and Channel 4 News ITN. It was the first time a newspaper won such an award.[9]

2008: The Press Photographer’s Year First Prize Multimedia[10][11]

2010: The Press Photographer's Year Sports Features.[12]

2010: Shortlisted for a Foreign Press Association Award and the Royal Television Society Independent Award.[13]

Hilary Mantel’s photograph of the decade.[14]

Geoff Dyer’s photograph of the decade.[15]

2013: Exhibition at The Dissenters' Gallery, Kensal Green Cemetery: Sean Smith: On the Margins.[16]

2013: Exhibition at Imperial War Museum North: Iraq: Photographs by Sean Smith.[17]

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Sean Smith". London: The Guardian. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
  2. ↑ Sean Smith, Lindsay Poulton, Ben Kape and Michael Tait (15 November 2010). "Video | Wrestling: Big Karl | News | guardian.co.uk". London: Guardian. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
  3. ↑ "5 August - 30 September SEAN SMITH : Frontlines". Kings Place. 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
  4. ↑ "5 August - 30 September SEAN SMITH : Frontlines | Kings Place". kingsplace.co.uk. 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  5. ↑ University Gallery, Northumbria University
  6. ↑ http://www.theppy.com/content/results2006?year=2006
  7. ↑ http://www.theppy.com/content/results2007?year=2007
  8. ↑ http://www.theppy.com/content/results2007?year=2007
  9. ↑ The Royal Television Society Award for Best International News for Iraq: Apache Company
  10. ↑ The Press Photographer’s Year, First Prize Multimedia for Inside The Surge.
  11. ↑ Guardian release
  12. ↑ http://www.theppy.com/content/results2010?year=2010
  13. ↑ Shortlisted for a Foreign Press Association Award and the Royal Television Society Independent Award
  14. ↑ Hilary Mantel’s photograph of the decade
  15. ↑ Geoff Dyer’s photograph of the decade
  16. ↑ Sean Smith: On the Margins
  17. ↑ Iraq: Photographs by Sean Smith
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