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Dates:  1912 - 1971
Born:  England, London
Active:  England
 
  
English architectural and landscape photographer. His photographs illustrated many books dealing with ‘English Cottages and Farmhouses‘ (1954), ‘English Parish Churches‘ (1952) and ‘Hatfield House‘ (1973).

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Approved biography for Edwin Smith
Courtesy of the Victoria & Albert Museum (London, UK)

 
  
From the Second World War onwards, Edwin Smith began to look at rural Britain and architectural subjects. In the 1950's, he illustrated a number of books on the landscape and architecture of Britain, including English Parish Churches, English Cottages and Farmhouses and The English Gardens. By the time of his death in 1971 Smith had illustrated more than 30 such volumes. Apart from these numerous book commissions, he often photographed simply to note and capture nuances of civic life. His photographs are testimony to the sympathetic approach he adopted towards British life and landscape. 
  
This biography is courtesy and copyright of the Victoria & Albert Museum and is included here with permission. 
  
Date last updated: 11 Nov 2011. 
  
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Edwin Smith
Self portrait of Edwin Smith 
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Family history 
  
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This exhibition coincides with the exhibition at the Chris Beetles Gallery in London that continues throughout the summer.
 
  

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Internet biographies

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Internet resources

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Edwin Smith 
https://www.weepingash.co.uk ... 
Very useful background material by Roy Hammans. It is provided under a Creative Commons copyright. 
  
 

Printed biographies

The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers.

 
• Beaton, Cecil & Buckland, Gail 1975 The Magic Eye: The Genius of Photography from 1839 to the Present Day (Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown & Company) p.206 [Useful short biographies with personal asides and one or more example images.] 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
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