Sean Smith (photojournalist) explained

Sean Smith is a British photographer and filmmaker. He has covered conflicts and wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[1] He has been on staff at The Guardian newspaper since 1988. His work in the UK 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 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 were 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.
• 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]
• 2010: Hilary Mantel’s photograph of the decade.^[14]
• 2010: Geoff Dyer’s photograph of the decade.^[15]

Exhibitions

• 2013: Sean Smith: On the Margins, The Dissenters' Gallery, Kensal Green Cemetery.^[16]
• 2013: Iraq: Photographs by Sean Smith, Imperial War Museum North.^[17]

External links

• Profile on the British Press Photographers' Association.
• Profile on The Guardian
• Profile in Slave Magazine
• Iraq 10 Years: Photographs by Sean Smith

Notes and References

1. News: Sean Smith . The Guardian . 16 June 2008. 2012-12-03 . London.
2. News: Video Wrestling: Big Karl. Smith. Sean. 2010-11-15. The Guardian. 2012-12-03. Poulton. Lindsay. en-GB. 0261-3077. Kape. Ben. Tait. Michael. theguardian.com.
3. Web site: 5 August - 30 September SEAN SMITH : Frontlines . Kings Place . 2011-09-30 . 2012-12-03.
4. Web site: 5 August - 30 September SEAN SMITH : Frontlines | Kings Place . kingsplace.co.uk . 2012 . 2 December 2012.
5. http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/universitygallery/exhibitions/seansmith/?view=Standard University Gallery, Northumbria University
6. Web site: 2006 Results | The Press Photographer's Year 2013.
7. Web site: 2007 Results | The Press Photographer's Year 2013.
8. Web site: 2007 Results | The Press Photographer's Year 2013.
9. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/feb/20/television.iraqandthemedia The Royal Television Society Award for Best International News for Iraq: Apache Company
10. http://www.theppy.com/downloads/PPY_Results_2008.pdf The Press Photographer’s Year, First Prize Multimedia for Inside The Surge
11. https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/page/2009/apr/17/51 Guardian release
12. Web site: 2010 Results | The Press Photographer's Year 2013.
13. Web site: Video: Deadlock in Afghanistan: 'It's taken a year to move 20km' . 29 July 2010 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230715035933/https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2010/jul/29/afghanistan-war-us-military . 15 July 2023 . live .
14. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/nov/13/hilary-mantel-photograph-decade Hilary Mantel’s photograph of the decade
15. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/nov/13/geoff-dyer-photograph-decade Geoff Dyer’s photograph of the decade
16. http://www.kensalgreen.co.uk/documents/KG_gallery.html Sean Smith: On the Margins
17. http://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/iwm-north/iraq-photographs-by-sean-smith Iraq: Photographs by Sean Smith