Stephen L. Crohn Gallery Exhibit

A product of the New York City suburbs, John T. Smith developed an interest in photography during his college years when he had to guess about the workings of The Law of Reciprocity because he couldn't afford a light meter. His early education in the medium came from endless hours of trial and error and from visiting gallery exhibits of contemporary photographic artists. He left a lot of wasted film and transparencies in his wake. Photography sustained him with a creative outlet during 40 years of a decidedly non-artistic career in human services. Upon retirement he set up a studio and had his work shown there and in libraries, cafés and any other venue in the NY metropolitan area that would accept his work. He eventually grew tired of feeling the vulnerability that occurs when you put your soul into public view but is now living in Saugerties and back to give exhibiting his work another go.