Tim Smith
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Manitoba based photographer Tim Smith has spent thirteen years documenting life on the prairies including eleven years photographing the Hutterites; insular Anabaptists that live communally on colonies in Canada and the United States. His work is among the broadest and most extensive visual documentations of their culture ever produced. In addition to long-term documentary work he covers assignments for a variety of editorial and commercial clients in the prairies and occasionally further on. His work has been published in newspapers and magazines worldwide and exhibited in Canada and the United States. Portions of his work from the prairies and the Hutterites are part of the Province of Manitoba's art collection.

Exhibitions

Current

2019 - 2020 - Hutterites at Play. United Photo Industries' The Fence open-air exhibition. Brooklyn, Houston, Seattle, Boston, Sarasota, Atlanta, Denver, Calgary.

Upcoming

2020 - May 11 - June 20. Hutterites of Manitoba solo show. Portage and District Arts Centre. Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

2020 - June 26 - September 19. Hutterites of Manitoba solo show. MHC Gallery. Winnipeg, Manitoba.

2020 - December 3 - 7. The Hutterites exhibition. Addis Foto Festival. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

2021 - June - August. In the World but not of It. Estevan Art Gallery & Museum. Estevan, Saskatchewan.

Previous

2020 - January 10 - February 23. In the World but not of It solo show. Gallery@501. Sherwood Park, Alberta.

2019 - April 1-29. Midwest Arts Council, Hamiota, Manitoba - Hutterites of Manitoba

2017 - March 16-21. Take Out Takes group show with Rogue Collective at Black Cat Artspace, Toronto, Ontario. Curated by Rogue Collective

2016 - September 21-25. A Few Acres of Snow group container show at Photoville 2016 in Brooklyn, New York. Curated by Laurence Butet-Roch

2016- October 6 - November 20. Hutterites of Manitoba solo show at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba. Curated by Natalia Lebedinskaia

2016 - November 2 – 27. Hutterites of Manitoba solo show at Zoom Photojournalism Festival, Saguenay, Quebec. Curated by Laurence Butet-Roch

Awards and Press

2020

2019

2018

  • Judges Special Recognition, Community Awareness Award, Pictures of the Year International (POYI)
  • Finalist, National Magazine Awards, Photojournalism and Photo Essay Category as part of a Team for Macleans Magazine - Dreams of Canada Feature
  • Finalist, Short Story Award, Festival Della Fotographia Etica

2017

  • Manitoba Arts Council grant recipient

2016

  • National Newspaper Award for Feature Photography

2015

  • Growing Up Hutterite on New York Times Lens Blog
  • Cancer Normal on CNN

  • Second Place - Feature Category, NPPA Best of Photojournalism
  • Third Place - Best Published Picture Story (Small Market) NPPA Best of Photojournalism
  • Honourable Mention - Feature Multimedia NPPA Best of Photojournalism
  • Finalist - National Newspaper Award for Local Reporting (for the Testing Positive cancer series)
  • First Place - Social Issue Category - News Photographers of Canada National Photos of the Year
  • Second Place - Photo Story Category - News Photographers of Canada National Photos of the Year
  • Finalist - News Photographers of Canada Photojournalist of the Year

2014

  • First Place - Pictorial Category, News Photographers of Canada National Photos of the Year
  • Finalist - News Photographers of Canada Photojournalist of the Year
  • New York Times Portfolio Review participant

2013

  • National Newspaper Awards nominee for Feature Photography
  • Brandon Arts Council grant recipient

2012

2011

  • National Newspaper Award winner for Feature photography
  • Photo of the Year - News Photographers of Canada National Photos of the Year
  • First Place - Feature Category, News Photographers of Canada National Photos of the Year
  • First Place - Portrait Category, News Photographers of Canada National Photos of the Year
  • First Place - Pictorial Category, News Photographers of Canada National Photos of the Year
  • Finalist - News Photographers of Canada Photojournalist of the Year

2010

  • First Place, Natural Environment Category, NPPA Best of Photojournalism

2009

  • Second Place - Feature Category, News Photographers of Canada National Photos of the Year

2008

  • Honourable Mention - Feature Category, News Photographers of Canada National Photos of the Year

2007

  • Honourable Mention - Pictorial Category, News Photographers of Canada National Photos of the Year

2006

  • Edward Dunlop Award of Excellence winner for Feature Photography


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