Aline Smithson

Arrangement in Green and Black:
Portrait of the Photographer’s Mother Series

Images were taken with a Hasselblad, Hand painted silver gelatin prints on warm tone Ilford semi-mat paper in a limited edition of 25 with 21 images.

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After a career as a New York Fashion Editor and working alongside the greats of fashion photography, Aline Smithson found a new devotion discovering the family Rolleiflex and never looked back. Now represented by galleries across the country and published throughout the world, Aline continues to create her award-winning photography with humor, compassion, and a 50-year-old camera.

Her work has been featured in numerous publications including the PDN Photo Annual, Communication Arts Photo Annual, Eyemazing, Artworks, Shots and Silvershotz magazines. She has exhibited widely including solo shows at the Griffin Museum of Photography, the Oswald Gallery, and Wallspace Gallery in Seattle.

Aline has been the Gallery Editor for Light Leaks Magazine, writes and edits the blog, Lenscratch, and has been curating exhibitions for a number of galleries and on-line magazines. She was nominated for The Excellence in Photographic Teaching Award in 2008 and 2009 and for the Santa Fe Prize in Photography in 2009 by the Santa Fe Center of Photography.