Bow Smith

Charleston, SC

Bow Smith is currently a junior at the College of Charleston, studying photography. He works mostly with black and white 35mm or medium format film to print traditional gelatin silver prints. He also prints photographs with liquid emulsion on watercolor paper. Smith aims for a sense of timelessness in his photos which is enhanced by the traditional or alternative techniques that he uses. Many of Smith's photos represent the human form as an extension of its surrounding environment. He rarely shows the face of the subject, removing his or her identity, which then allows the subject to act more as a part of the environment, rather than independent from it. However, Smith often use the extremities of the body, such as the arms, legs, and fingers to preserve some human element of the subject.