Gary Mark Smith Collection
Overview
This collection contains manuscript material, photographs, negatives, and slides of, about, or containing the work of Lawrence, Kansas-based photographer Gary Mark Smith.
Dates
- 1972 - 2012
Creator
- Smith, Gary Mark (Compiler, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright of photographs remains with the creator during his and his wife's lifetimes.
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Gary Mark Smith
Gary Mark Smith was born in Pennsylvania and went on to receive his bachelors in science from the School of Journalism at the University of Kansas in 1984, working as a journalist and photographer for the University Daily Kansan. He earned a Master of Arts degree from Purdue University in 1996.
Prior to attending KU, Smith was already starting his career in street photography, beginning in the late 1970s to travel internationally and document both ordinary daily life around the world and extraordinary, dangerous situations. He has worked in both film and digital photography, creating both color and black and white images, and has worked on six different continents. His work has focused on a wide variety of topics and issues, ranging from South American guerilla wars to the eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano in Montserrat in the Caribbean to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana.
Gary Mark Smith resides in Lawrence, Kansas.
Extent
23.5 Linear Feet (60 boxes + 28 oversize boxes, 7 oversize folders, 2 CDs)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
This collection contains manuscript material, photographs (mounted and unmounted), negatives, slides, and photo CDs containing work by or about Gary Mark Smith. Much of the collection comes from his street photography work. Also included are newspaper articles from when he was a student reporter for the University Daily Kansan.
The manuscript material in this collection includes resumes, certificates, newsletters, exhibition programs, newspaper and magazine articles, correspondence, books, and scrapbooks related to Smith's professional and personal life.
The photographic material comprises the bulk of the collection and has been organized by the size of the material and the series to which it belongs. Some series may be in multiple locations due to the varying sizes of the material. Some photographs show potentially disturbing or offensive images and have been labeled as “explicit.”
Topics covered by the photographs include but are not limited to El Salvador death squads, University of Kansas student life and street life in Lawrence, the fall of the Berlin Wall and European reunification, the volcano and residents of Monserrat who refused to leave when it was erupting, Amsterdam, scenes from nature, and dreamscapes, or layouts of photographs fashioned together by Smith.
There are also two music compact discs with cover art by Gary Mark Smith.
This collection contains manuscript material, photographs (mounted and unmounted), negatives, slides, and photo CDs containing work by or about Gary Mark Smith. Much of the collection comes from his street photography work. Also included are newspaper articles from when he was a student reporter for the University Daily Kansan.
The manuscript material in this collection includes resumes, certificates, newsletters, exhibition programs, newspaper and magazine articles, correspondence, books, and scrapbooks related to Smith's professional and personal life.
The photographic material comprises the bulk of the collection and has been organized by the size of the material and the series to which it belongs. Some series may be in multiple locations due to the varying sizes of the material. Some photographs show potentially disturbing or offensive images and have been labeled as “explicit.”
Topics covered by the photographs include but are not limited to El Salvador death squads, University of Kansas student life and street life in Lawrence, the fall of the Berlin Wall and European reunification, the volcano and residents of Monserrat who refused to leave when it was erupting, Amsterdam, scenes from nature, and dreamscapes, or layouts of photographs fashioned together by Smith.
There are also two music compact discs with cover art by Gary Mark Smith.
This collection contains manuscript material, photographs (mounted and unmounted), negatives, slides, and photo CDs containing work by or about Gary Mark Smith. Much of the collection comes from his street photography work. Also included are newspaper articles from when he was a student reporter for the University Daily Kansan.
The manuscript material in this collection includes resumes, certificates, newsletters, exhibition programs, newspaper and magazine articles, correspondence, books, and scrapbooks related to Smith's professional and personal life.
The photographic material comprises the bulk of the collection and has been organized by the size of the material and the series to which it belongs. Some series may be in multiple locations due to the varying sizes of the material. Some photographs show potentially disturbing or offensive images and have been labeled as “explicit.”
Topics covered by the photographs include but are not limited to El Salvador death squads, University of Kansas student life and street life in Lawrence, the fall of the Berlin Wall and European reunification, the volcano and residents of Monserrat who refused to leave when it was erupting, Amsterdam, scenes from nature, and dreamscapes, or layouts of photographs fashioned together by Smith.
There are also two music compact discs with cover art by Gary Mark Smith.
Physical Location
RH MS 1380
Physical Location
RH MS Q409
Physical Location
RH MS R386
Physical Location
RH CD 42
Physical Location
RH MS-P1380
Physical Location
RH MS-P1380 (f)
Physical Location
RH MS-P1380 (ff)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Gary Mark Smith, 2010.
Source
- Smith, Gary Mark (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Gary Mark Smith Collection
- Subtitle
- Gary Mark Smith collection
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by eear. Finding aid encoded by eear.
- Date
- 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/2696245760
- Preferred citation
-
Gary Mark Smith Collection, RH MS 1380, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository