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'''Ian Smith''' was a Scottish photographer who was on the staff of LIFE magazine 1945-46.<ref>He is last listed on the title page as a staff photographer in LIFE, 30 Dec 1946, p.11, Vol. 21, No. 27, SSN 0024-3019, Time Inc.</ref>
== Photographer of politicians ==
Smith photographed mainly in the UK for [[Life (magazine)|LIFE magazine]]. Many of his subjects were [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politicians including British statesman [[Harold Macmillan]], Minister for Education [[Ellen Wilkinson]], [[Herbert Morrison]], [[Barbara Ayrton-Gould]], and British [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] [[Hugh Dalton]]. He photographed [[Squatting_in_England_and_Wales#Post_World_War_II|Brighton Vigilantes]] leader [[Harry Cowley]] speaking at a rally in [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] to protest the housing problem and produced an extensive series following firebrand politician and Labour party leader [[Aneurin Bevan]]<ref>LIFE, 7 May 1951, ISSN 0024-3019, Time Inc</ref><ref></ref>; others include Chairman of the Labour Party Professor [[Harold Laski|Harold J Laski]] ; Lord Chancellor [[William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt|Lord William Jowitt]]; British President of the Board of Trade [[Stafford Cripps]]; [[Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook|Lord Beaverbrook]]; Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]]; [[Ernest Bevin]]; Independent MPs [[Tom Driberg]] and [[Denis Kendall]] at the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]; and Conservatives [[Victor Montagu|Alexander V E P Montagu]], General Director Sir Robert Topping, Vice-Chairman [[Marjorie Maxse]], and [[Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe|Ralph Assheton]].
== Actors ==
Actors, directors, producers and movie stars also appeared before Smith's lens, including [[Margaret Lockwood]] in her dressing room on the set of ''[[Hungry Hill (film)|Hungry Hill]]''; [[Deborah Kerr]]; directors [[Anthony Asquith]] and [[David Lean]]; designer Roger Furze; director [[Carol Reed]] talking with columnist [[Hedda Hopper]]; Irish actor Dennis O'Dean in a scene from the movie ''[[Odd Man Out]]''; [[Anna Neagle]] standing in front of a portrait of her during her portrayal of Queen Victoria; and in one shot [[Michael Redgrave]], [[Ronald Shiner]] and [[Danny Green (actor)|Danny Green]] talk with [[Sidney Box]] and his wife on the set of the movie ''[[The Man Within (film)|The Man Within]].'' Others include; [[Ann Todd]]; Irish actress [[Kathleen Ryan]]; [[Stewart Granger]]; [[Wendy Hiller]]; Sidney Gillat on the set of the movie ''[[Green for Danger (film)|Green for Danger]]''; [[Jean Simmons]]; [[Patricia Roc]]; [[Emlyn Williams]]; and producers [[Herbert Wilcox]] and Frank Lander.
== British society ==
Smith also covered stories on British postwar [[Austerity in the United Kingdom|austerity]] and recovery; [[Refugee|refugees]] from Europe, child [[Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II|evacuees]] returning to London, and revelers at [[Lambeth Walk]] celebrating [[Victory in Europe Day|VE Day]] the end of [[World War II|WW2]] in Europe. One story covered English castles, and another, the [[Archaeology|archaeologist]] who found a large collection of 3rd century Roman pottery in the [[Alice Holt Forest]] of [[North Wessex Downs|North Hampshire]]. ''Life'' published his pictures of the ''[[Trompe-l'œil|trompe-l'œil]]'' painted [[camouflage]] of Britiain’s [[Pillbox (military)|pillboxes]];<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9lIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23&dq=%22Ian+Smith%22+%22LIFE+photographer%22+-Rhodesia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjugsnhgczfAhWXHDQIHedpAY4Q6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=%22Ian%20Smith%22&f=false’ Speaking of Pictures: England’s Pillboxes Look Like a Lot of Other Things’. In LIFE, 12 Mar 1945, pps. 12, 13, 14, Vol. 18, No. 11, ISSN 0024-3019, Time Inc.]</ref> and of the newly ordained [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CUoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA25&dq=%22Ian+Smith%22+%22LIFE+photographer%22+-Rhodesia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjugsnhgczfAhWXHDQIHedpAY4Q6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=New%20Archbishop%3B%20Ancient%20Canterbury%20sees%20England’s%2099th%20Primate%20solemnly%20enthroned’&f=false ’Religion: New Archbishop; Ancient Canterbury sees England’s 99th Primate solemnly enthroned’. In LIFE, 14 May 1945, p.79-80, Vol. 18, No. 20, ISSN 0024-3019, Time Inc.]</ref>
== Recognition ==
His 1945 picture for a story ''Evacuees return to London'' was included in the 1955 [[Museum of Modern Art]] show [[The Family of Man|''The Family of Man'']] curated by [[Edward Steichen]] that toured the world and was seen by 9 million visitors; a tiny girl, barely more than a toddler, accompanied by a woman whose legs are the only sign of her presence in the picture, peers through a sturdy farm gate to bid farewell to a steer in the foreground.<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>
== Personal life ==
There is scant information about Smith's personal life or on his early or late career, though at [[Getty Images]] photo agency there is a June 1945 [http://bit.ly/2RsuQEa portrait] of him by Bob Landry showing him aged in his thirties and holding his [[Rolleiflex]] .
== External links ==
[http://bit.ly/2GMWxDu Getty Images holds a large number of Ian Smith images from the 1940s].
== References ==
[[Category:British photojournalists]]
== Photographer of politicians ==
Smith photographed mainly in the UK for [[Life (magazine)|LIFE magazine]]. Many of his subjects were [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politicians including British statesman [[Harold Macmillan]], Minister for Education [[Ellen Wilkinson]], [[Herbert Morrison]], [[Barbara Ayrton-Gould]], and British [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] [[Hugh Dalton]]. He photographed [[Squatting_in_England_and_Wales#Post_World_War_II|Brighton Vigilantes]] leader [[Harry Cowley]] speaking at a rally in [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] to protest the housing problem and produced an extensive series following firebrand politician and Labour party leader [[Aneurin Bevan]]<ref>LIFE, 7 May 1951, ISSN 0024-3019, Time Inc</ref><ref></ref>; others include Chairman of the Labour Party Professor [[Harold Laski|Harold J Laski]] ; Lord Chancellor [[William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt|Lord William Jowitt]]; British President of the Board of Trade [[Stafford Cripps]]; [[Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook|Lord Beaverbrook]]; Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]]; [[Ernest Bevin]]; Independent MPs [[Tom Driberg]] and [[Denis Kendall]] at the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]; and Conservatives [[Victor Montagu|Alexander V E P Montagu]], General Director Sir Robert Topping, Vice-Chairman [[Marjorie Maxse]], and [[Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe|Ralph Assheton]].
== Actors ==
Actors, directors, producers and movie stars also appeared before Smith's lens, including [[Margaret Lockwood]] in her dressing room on the set of ''[[Hungry Hill (film)|Hungry Hill]]''; [[Deborah Kerr]]; directors [[Anthony Asquith]] and [[David Lean]]; designer Roger Furze; director [[Carol Reed]] talking with columnist [[Hedda Hopper]]; Irish actor Dennis O'Dean in a scene from the movie ''[[Odd Man Out]]''; [[Anna Neagle]] standing in front of a portrait of her during her portrayal of Queen Victoria; and in one shot [[Michael Redgrave]], [[Ronald Shiner]] and [[Danny Green (actor)|Danny Green]] talk with [[Sidney Box]] and his wife on the set of the movie ''[[The Man Within (film)|The Man Within]].'' Others include; [[Ann Todd]]; Irish actress [[Kathleen Ryan]]; [[Stewart Granger]]; [[Wendy Hiller]]; Sidney Gillat on the set of the movie ''[[Green for Danger (film)|Green for Danger]]''; [[Jean Simmons]]; [[Patricia Roc]]; [[Emlyn Williams]]; and producers [[Herbert Wilcox]] and Frank Lander.
== British society ==
Smith also covered stories on British postwar [[Austerity in the United Kingdom|austerity]] and recovery; [[Refugee|refugees]] from Europe, child [[Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II|evacuees]] returning to London, and revelers at [[Lambeth Walk]] celebrating [[Victory in Europe Day|VE Day]] the end of [[World War II|WW2]] in Europe. One story covered English castles, and another, the [[Archaeology|archaeologist]] who found a large collection of 3rd century Roman pottery in the [[Alice Holt Forest]] of [[North Wessex Downs|North Hampshire]]. ''Life'' published his pictures of the ''[[Trompe-l'œil|trompe-l'œil]]'' painted [[camouflage]] of Britiain’s [[Pillbox (military)|pillboxes]];<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9lIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23&dq=%22Ian+Smith%22+%22LIFE+photographer%22+-Rhodesia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjugsnhgczfAhWXHDQIHedpAY4Q6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=%22Ian%20Smith%22&f=false’ Speaking of Pictures: England’s Pillboxes Look Like a Lot of Other Things’. In LIFE, 12 Mar 1945, pps. 12, 13, 14, Vol. 18, No. 11, ISSN 0024-3019, Time Inc.]</ref> and of the newly ordained [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CUoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA25&dq=%22Ian+Smith%22+%22LIFE+photographer%22+-Rhodesia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjugsnhgczfAhWXHDQIHedpAY4Q6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=New%20Archbishop%3B%20Ancient%20Canterbury%20sees%20England’s%2099th%20Primate%20solemnly%20enthroned’&f=false ’Religion: New Archbishop; Ancient Canterbury sees England’s 99th Primate solemnly enthroned’. In LIFE, 14 May 1945, p.79-80, Vol. 18, No. 20, ISSN 0024-3019, Time Inc.]</ref>
== Recognition ==
His 1945 picture for a story ''Evacuees return to London'' was included in the 1955 [[Museum of Modern Art]] show [[The Family of Man|''The Family of Man'']] curated by [[Edward Steichen]] that toured the world and was seen by 9 million visitors; a tiny girl, barely more than a toddler, accompanied by a woman whose legs are the only sign of her presence in the picture, peers through a sturdy farm gate to bid farewell to a steer in the foreground.<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>
== Personal life ==
There is scant information about Smith's personal life or on his early or late career, though at [[Getty Images]] photo agency there is a June 1945 [http://bit.ly/2RsuQEa portrait] of him by Bob Landry showing him aged in his thirties and holding his [[Rolleiflex]] .
== External links ==
[http://bit.ly/2GMWxDu Getty Images holds a large number of Ian Smith images from the 1940s].
== References ==
[[Category:British photojournalists]]
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