Smith, John

John Smith’s interest in photography began when he was fourteen years old, trying to photograph the moon by placing a camera over his home telescope. After high school, Smith made a career as a photographer with General Electric Company. Since leaving GE, he has run his own photo labs and has been involved in either taking or printing images for more than forty years.

Inspiration for his landscape photography comes from the mountains of Western North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains, Smith says.  His goal is to capture the beauty of the mountains on a printed piece of paper so that anyone who views the photograph can understand the splendor of the mountains throughout the four distinctive seasons. 

Smith uses a protective UV matte finish on most of his images, sidestepping the problem of glare that results when art is mounted under glass.