HEIDE SMITH
Since arriving in Australia in 1971, German-born portrait and documentary photographer Heide Smith has created a unique CV. Her work has been exhibited in galleries around the world, 11 books of her work have been published, and she has won numerous awards. Heide is best known for her portrayal of the Tiwi People over a 29 year period, but also for her portraits of noted and unnoted Australians.
"Heide Smith has become Australia's most important female photographer of recent times. Of course, this also makes her one of Australia's most important contemporary photographers, but women have particularly struggled to be seen in this country, and history will, one day, record the true value of Heide's contribution to our visual history" - Paul Burrows Profoto Magazine
