Alyson is an experienced editorial photographer whose graphic yet keenly observed work has appeared in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and her native South Africa. She has attended the SVA Artist Residency in Fall 2022 and Fall 2023, working on photographic projects exploring the concepts of time and space, our interaction with the natural and constructed world, exploring the traces that we leave, and the concepts of otherness. Smith has exhibited her work in group shows in Cape Town, New York, and Chicago.
During her studies, she was mentored by renowned South African fine-art photographer Pieter Hugo and activist photographer Paul Weinberg, Smith also pursues her own social documentary work. One such project is a study of a subsistence fishing village Northwest of Cape Town in which tourism has brought about a cultural and racial collision between longtime inhabitants and more affluent visitors. A recipient of the Master of Professional Studies in Digital Photography degree from New York’s prestigious School of Visual Arts, Smith is also a director of the UK-based Latitude Stock photo agency.
EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2023 FRAGMENTS, The Artist Residency Project Fall 2023 Group Exhibition curated by Hayley Ferber
2023 SLOOM, SVA Residency Alumni Group Exhibition, StudioD9, Chelsea, New York curated by Andrea Champlin
2023 BLINK!, SVA Residency Alumni Group Exhibition, Chicago
2022 The Artist Residency Project Fall 2022 Group Exhibition, Online
2021 CTSP Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2015 School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2012 UCT gallery, University of Cape Town, South Africa
2010 CTSP Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2009 CTSP Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2008 CTSP Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
PUBLICATIONS (selected)
2016 Travesias Magazine (Mexico City)
2015 Perfect Hideaways (Cape Town)
2014 Mariner Magazine (Vancouver)
2014 Perfect Hideaways (Cape Town)
2013 Perfect Hideaways (Cape Town)
2013 Travesias Magazine (Mexico City)
2012 Perfect Hideaways (Cape Town)
STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographic work available through Getty Images (USA), Latitude Stock (UK), Alamy (UK), Arcaid and Ambience (UK), Mode Images (UK), Gallo Images (SA), Image Brief (USA)