Photographer whose work is on albums of New Orleans artists. After graduating from Metairie Park Country Day School, Smith attended Tulane University. Smith’s photographic career began in 1966 when he became fascinated with the African American culture in his native New Orleans. As a graduate student at Tulane University, he made photographs for its jazz archive, discovering a subject and a documentary style of working that engaged him for the rest of his life.
He co-founded the New Orleans music club Tipitina’s in 1977.
During the 1980s, Smith traveled to Cuba, where he photographed many of the same subjects he explored in New Orleans: neighborhood life, street music, and religious practices.
Born June 15, 1937, in New Orleans
Died September 26, 2008, in New Orleans