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Joe P Smith

Joe P Smith (born 1959) is a photographer and artist absorbed in an artistic quest that comprises photography, the graphic media and painting. He studied art and design in Malta and Florence, Italy where he was awarded scholarship in 1983.

He has been in photography since 1979. He is a member of the Malta Photographic Society of which he won the coveted Photographer of the Year Award in 1995 and also a Fellow of the Malta Institute of Professional Photographers. He is often called upon by both organisations to judge competitions and give lectures. In 1995 he was made Associate of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain and later Artist of the International Federation of Photographic Art. In 2001 he was the first and only Maltese photographer to achieve Fellowship status of the Malta Institute of Professional Photographers. In November of the same year he was also made Associate of the Master Photographers Association of the UK. Joe has also been responsible for the design of various logos of established companies, brochures, packaging, CD sleeves and postage stamps.

Joe has a strong preference for monochrome photography especially that depicting the performing arts and his name has become synonymous with evocative pictures of Jazz musicians who performed in the Malta Jazz Festival. Environmental portraiture is also a strong point of the artist and in 2009 one of his photographs depicting a village cobbler won the overall prize in a EU photographic competition entitled “Cultures on My Street”. No mean feat considering that there were over 2,000 top European photographers competing.

Having been an avid darkroom worker, he has explored many ways to reproduce monochrome effects digitally with some great results. For Joe, photography is not just a recording medium and his exhibition of abstract photographs in 1995 is ample evidence that his artistic endeavours do not bind him down to one avenue of expression. Over the years he has developed a unique style where emotion is the key ingredient.

In October 2002 he was awarded the prestigious Overseas Master Photographer Award of the Master Photographers Association of the UK in the Fashion/Illustrative category. In 2003 he received no less than three Awards of Excellence in the same Awards and in April 2004 he received the highest accolade in photography when he was successful in attaining Fellowship status of the MPA. This he did with a panel of twenty monochrome pictures depicting jazz musicians who played in Malta since the inception of the Malta Jazz festival. In the first ever British Professional Photography Awards in October 2004, Joe also carried away the Overseas Press and PR Category with one of his jazz pictures. During 2004 he also achieved Fellowship status of the British Institute of Professional Photography. In the same year, the Malta Institute of Professional Photographers bestowed him with an Award of Recognition for his contribution towards the medium.

In 2005 he was once more the recipient of Overseas Pictorial and Illustrative Photographer of the Year category at the same awards and was also finalist in the Fashion category and the Press and PR category. Later in the year he was made Fellow of the SWPP-BPPA and he was invited to lecture and act as judge during their Convention in January 2007. The same organisation also invited Joe to deliver lectures in the UK and Ireland in July 2007 and January 2009. He has now also accumulated a number of awards from the last 4 Conventions.

In September 2007 Joe was invited as an artist-in-residence at Gozo Contemporary, a programme that is the initiative of internationally acclaimed Maltese installation artist Norbert Attard.

Joe has exhibited extensively locally and abroad and has had work published in various publications.[1]

Awards & Achievements

  • 1995: Photographer of the Year – Malta Photographic Society;
  • 1995: Associate of the Royal Photographic Society;
  • 1995: Artist – FIAP;
  • 2000: Associate of the Malta Institute of Professional Photography;
  • 2001: Fellow of the Malta Institute of Professional Photography;
  • 2002: Associate of the Master Photographers Association of the UK;
  • 2002: Overseas Fashion and Illustrative Photographer of the year – MPA;
  • 2003: Overseas Avant Garde Portrait Photographer of the year – MPA;
  • 2003: Overseas Fashion and Glamour Photographer of the year – MPA;
  • 2003: Overseas Pictorial Photographer of the year – MPA;
  • 2004: Fellow of the Master Photographers Association of the UK;
  • 2004: Award of Recognition by the Malta Institute of Professional Photography;
  • 2004: Overseas Press/PR Photographer of the Year – British Professional Photography Awards;
  • 2005: Fellow of the British Institute of Professional Photography;
  • 2005: Fellow of the SWPP;
  • 2005: Overseas Press/PR Photographer of the Year – British Professional Photography Awards;
  • 2005: Overseas Pictorial Photographer of the Year – British Professional Photography Awards;
  • 2005: Overseas Fashion Photographer of the Year – British Professional Photography Awards;
  • 2006: Overseas Press/PR Photographer of the Year – British Professional Photography Awards;
  • 2006: Overseas Fashion Photographer of the Year – British Professional Photography Awards;
  • 2007: First prize “Hands and Gestures” competition – Fotoamatori Abruzzesi – Pescara, Italy;
  • 2007: Overseas Contemporary Portrait Photographer of the Year – SWPP, UK;
  • 2008: Overseas Environmental Portrait Photographer of the Year – SWPP, UK;
  • 2008: Overseas Contemporary Fine Art Photographer of the Year – SWPP, UK;
  • 2008: Overall winner of EU photographic competition “Cultures on my Street”;
  • 2009: Award of Recognition for contribution to the arts by Dingli Local Council;
  • 2009: Award of Recognition for contribution to the arts by Rabat Local Council;
  • 2009: International Architecture Photographer of the Year – SWPP, UK;
  • 2009: Winner of Traditional Portrait category in the 16x20 print competition – SWPP, UK;
  • 2009: Honourable Mention in “Book” category – Prix de La Photographie Paris;
  • 2009: Honourable Mention in “Fashion” category – Prix de La Photographie Paris;
  • 2010: International Architecture Photographer of the Year - SWPP, UK;
  • 2010: International Environmental Portrait Photographer of the Year - SWPP, UK;
  • 2010: 2nd Overall in the Portrait Category of the 20x16 print competition - SWWP, UK;
  • 2011: 3 Nominations in the Photography Masters Cup (www.thecolorawards.com);
  • 2012: Overall winner in the 20x16 print competition at SWPP awards;
  • 2012: Bestowed with title of Master Photographer of SWPP;
  • 2012: Received 4 nominations in the black and white Spider Awards (www.thespiderawards.com);
  • 2013: Two nominations in the Masters Cup Colour Awards;
  • 2014: Honorable Mention and 3 Nominations in the Spider Awards;
  • 2014: Sortlisted for exhibition in the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize.

Solo Exhibitions

  • June 1981: Paintings at the National Museum of Fine Arts - Valletta;
  • June 1983: Paintings at the National Museum of Fine Arts - Valletta;
  • February 1985: Photographs at the National Museum of Fine Arts - Valletta;
  • September 1991: Theatrical photography at the Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art - Moscow;
  • December 1992: Theatrical and Dance photography at the National Museum of Archeology - Valletta;
  • December 1995: Abstract photographs at the National Museum of Fine Arts - Valletta;
  • May 1998: The Jazz Portfolio - Jazz Portraits - photographs at “The Labyrinth” - Valletta;
  • March 2001: Digital Photographic Art at Le Meridien Phoenicia Hotel;
  • June 2001: Digital Photographic Art at The Malta Photographic Society;
  • September 2001: Digital Photographic Art at the Local Council – Rabat, Malta;
  • December 2003: ‘Youth & the Elderly’- Art Caritas Photographic exhibition at the Inquisitor’s Palace, Vittoriosa;
  • September 2004: ‘Youth & the Elderly’ – Photographs - Vilnius, Lithuania (Grundtvig project);
  • July 2005: ‘Jazz Photographs’ Lascaris Wharf - Valletta;
  • April 2006: ‘Jazz Photographs’ at the Le Meridien St Julians Hotel – Malta;
  • October 2009: Theatrical Photography at Grand Hotel Excelsior – Malta;
  • October 2009: “Survivors – The Ageing Population of Birgu” Exhibition and book launch, Caraffa Stores, Vittoriosa, Malta;
  • January 2010: “Survivors – The Ageing Population of Birgu” – Novotel, London;
  • July 2010: “Jazz Portraits” at The Phoenicia Hotel, Malta;
  • May 2011: “China through Maltese Eyes” at the China Cultural Centre, Valletta, Malta.

Collective Exhibitions

  • October 1981: Paintings at the Cathedral Museum - Mdina;
  • October 1982: Paintings at the Cathedral Museum - Mdina;
  • March 1983: Paintings at National Museum of Fine Arts - Valletta;
  • August 1983: Paintings at National Museum of Archeology - Valletta;
  • June 1984: Young Maltese Photographers at Gallerija Fenici - Valletta;
  • August 1984: Maltafest Exhibition at National Museum of Archeology - Valletta;
  • August 1985: Maltafest Exhibition at National Museum of Archeology - Valletta;
  • August 1986: Maltafest Exhibition at National Museum of Archeology - Valletta;
  • October 1986: Paintings at the Cathedral Museum - Mdina;
  • March 1987: “Images” photographic exhibition at the Commonwealth Institute - London;
  • October 1987: “Images” photographic exhibition at the University of British Columbia - Vancouver;
  • October 1987: Maltafest Exhibition at National Museum of Archeology - Valletta;
  • April 1988: Mostra Internazionale di Pittura e Scultura at the Museo Del Risorgimento – Rome;
  • September 1988: Independence Art Exhibition - Floriana;
  • June 1989: ‘Three Photographers’ at the Comune di Pozzallo - Sicily;
  • June 1992: Jazz Photographs at WANDS outlet - Valletta;
  • From 1988 - 1996: Dunhill Photographic Exhibitions – Malta;
  • February 1996: Public Service Art Exhibition – Manoel Theatre, Valletta – MALTA;
  • August 1997: Collective photographic exhibition at Dingli Local Council;
  • September 2000: Inaugural exhibition at St James Centre for Creativity-“Art in Malta Today”;
  • October 2002: Master Photographers Association Exhibition - UK;
  • December 2002: ‘Angels’ exhibition at St James Centre for Creativity;
  • June 2003: Commonwealth “Youth” photographic exhibition – UK and Commonwealth;
  • October 2003: Master Photographers Association Exhibitions – UK;
  • September 2004: ‘Project Malta 24/7’ – St James Centre for Creativity – Malta (USA and Australia);
  • October 2004: British Professional Photography Exhibition – UK;
  • March 2005: Collective MIPP at St James Centre for Creativity – Valletta;
  • October 2005: British Professional Photography Exhibition – UK;
  • October 2005: China 11th International Photographic Art Exhibition;
  • May 2006: Arts Directory Exhibition – Phoenix Showrooms – Malta;
  • January 2007: SWPP collective at the Novotel – London, UK;
  • September 2007: Arts Directory Exhibition – Malta Society of Arts, Manufacture & Commerce;
  • January 2008: SWPP collective at the Novotel – London, UK;
  • September 2008: “Cultures on my Street” – EU Headquarters, Berlaymont Building, Brussels;
  • January 2009: SWPP collective at the Novotel – London, UK;
  • January 2010: SWPP collective at the Novotel – London, UK;
  • March 2010: Dance Photography – MITP Theatre, Valletta - Malta;
  • July 2010: Portraits in Jazz – Artitude Gallery, Malta;
  • January 2011: SWPP collective at the Novotel – London, UK;
  • May 2011: Valletta Contemporary Photography Festival - Auberge D’Italie, Valletta, Malta;
  • September 2013: “Selfie” exhibition at Studio 101, Valletta;
  • November 2014: Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize exhibition - National Portrait Gallery, London.

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