Artspace Gallery Alumni

Kerby Smith

Kerby Smith began his career as a photographer and journalist while studying art history at Hobart College in Geneva, New York.  After college, he spent a brief time as curator of photography and film at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, New York, and was one of the pioneering members of the Soho Photo Gallery in New York City.  As a photojournalist Smith covered everything from riots during the Sixties to the first landing of the Space Shuttle at Edwards Air Force Base in California.  His experience as a photographer is complimented by his experience as an editor, art director, and publisher.

Smith states; “As a photojournalist, I work to tell a story with photographs.  In making photographic images as an artist, I strive to simply delight the viewer with the play of light or color or form. The artist is the first to see the image or to hear the music. But that flow of creativity cannot be bottled up, for the muse that sends it forth demands that it be returned.  Indeed, that is what the essence of the arts is about: sharing the creative experience with others so the circle is unbroken.

 My passion for the photographic image has been expanded by digital technology as photographers now have even more ways to express the images they visualize and to translate them into a form that can be shared with others.  The digital age is an exciting one as the artist can now maintain the creative flow throughout the process as they go from seeing the image, to capturing it, and printing it out using a host of new papers and archival inks.”