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Biography
George L Smyth began to seriously study photography upon his return from an extended trip to Wales in 1992. After experimenting to find his personal style, he decided to concentrate on pinhole and alternative process photography.
A member of the Bowie-Crofton Camera Club since 1992, one of the largest in the Washington-Baltimore area, he has won numerous awards, including Photographer of the Year and Master of Photography. He is a regular lecturer on pinhole and infrared photography, and has offered numerous presentations to area clubs, as well as presenting to PhotoPro Expo twice.
Memberships:
- Bowie-Crofton Camera Club: 1993 - present
- Photo Gathering for Large Format & Alternative Photographic Processes: 2005 - present
- Film in Baltimore: 2010 - present
- Photo Art Collective: 2013 - present
Mentions:
- Washington City Paper - October 14, 2015
- The Columbia Flier - June 19, 2014
- Lew Lorton Photography - May 10, 2014
- Washington Post - July 19, 2013
- Voice of America - March 08, 2013
- Washington Post - February 7, 2013
- Fairfax Times
Exhibitions
Past Solo, Juried, and Invited
- May 2017: Overlea ArtsFest - Overlea, MD - 2nd place Photography
- April 2017: Healing Hands - Claudia Mayer/Tina Broccolino Cancer Resource Center
- January 2017: Celebration of the Arts Juried Silent Art Auction Exhibit - Howard Community College
- September - December 2016: Third Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibit curated by Jon West-Bey, University of Maryland University College.
- October 2015: Glen Echo Park Stone Tower Gallery - The Extras: From the Streets
- July - August 2015: Howard County Arts Council - dual show with Michelle Rogers
- March - April 2015: River Gallery - Annual Juried Community Show, Galesville, MD
- April - May 2015: Columbia Art Center Galleries - Portraits and Profiles
- December 2014 - January 2015: Density - artdc Gallery 5710 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville, MD 20781
- November - December 2014: Eternal Photographs - Media Arts Gallery, Technical Center Building, Montgomery College, Mannakee Street, Rockville, MD 20850
- October – December 2014: Art Maryland 2014, Howard County Center for the Arts, 8510 High Ridge Rd, Ellicott City, MD, selected by Julia Marciari-Alexander, Executive Director of the Walters Art Museum
- June 2014: Columbia Art Center Galleries, 6100 Foreland Garth, Columbia, MD - Things that Scare Me
- May - June 2014: Photoworks Forty Years: Here & Now, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd; Glen Echo, MD
- March - May 2014: Silver Visions with Barry Schmetter, D. B. Stovall, and Scott Davis, River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 6301 River Rd, Bethesda, MD
- January - February 2014: The Ice House, Berkley Springs, WV, Vision of the Ages, an exhibit of photography by modern practitioners of historic processes curated by Rip Smith
- January - February 2014: Popcorn Gallery, Glen Echo Park, MD - solo show, The Extras
- November 2013 - January 2014: Second Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibit curated by Nona R. Martin, manager of Public Programs, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Amy E. Raehse, executive director and curator, Goya Contemporary Art Gallery, and Faheem Majeed, visiting director of Undergraduate Studies, Art and Design Department, University of Illinois at Chicago - awarded Honorable Mention
- October - December 2013: Grayscale, curated by Jesse Cohen at the artdc Gallery
- September - October 2013: Maryland Art Place Regional Juried Exhibition, curated by Kristen Hileman, Curator of Contemporary Art and Department Head at the Baltimore Museum of Art
- July - September 2013: The Frederick Camera Clique 27th Annual Regional Juried Competition, curated by Scott Speck and Leo Howard Lubow
- June - July 2013: Juried Mid-Atlantic Photo/Video Exhibition at Artisphere, curated by Frank Goodyear, curator of photographs, National Portrait Gallery and Kaitlin Booher, assistant curator of photography and media arts, Corcoran Gallery of Art
- June 2013: artdc Gallery, The Chemical View, curated by Barry Schmetter
- January - February 2013: Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA - solo show, The Extras and The Braddock Project
- June 2012: Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD - solo show, The Braddock Project
- April - May 2012: Photoworks - Alternative Visions -- An Alternative Process Photography Exhibition curated by Barbara Maloney
- October 2011: 4th Annual FotoWeekDC
- August - October 2011: Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition at the University of Maryland University College, curated by Helen Frederick, professor, George Mason University.
- May - June 2011: Focal Point: Fine Art and Creative Photography National Juried Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Laurie Snyder, Chair of Photography, Maryland Institute College of Art
- April - May 2011: Slayton House, Columbia, MD - solo show, The Extras
- March - April 2011: FotoDC FLASH, Crystal City, VA, Discover Series Photographer
- November 2010 - January 2011: Montpelier Arts Center, winner of the 2010-2012 Library Gallery Competition juried by John Ruppert, Chairman of the Art Department of the University of Maryland - solo show, The Extras
- January 2010: Focal Resolution, climate/gallery, Long Island City, New York, selected as Featured Artist by Bonni Benrubi, Bonni Benrubi Gallery
- March - May, 2009: How You See It, VisArts Center, Rockville, MD, curated by Frank Goodyear, Associate Curator of Photographs, National Portrait Gallery