Art Opening Reception: Friday, May 9, 2025 / 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm @ 9 Vassar Street

Jim Smith, Jr. – Photographer

Jim Smith, Jr.  was born and raised in South Africa, Pietermaritzburg, KZN and moved to Hyde Park, NY with his family during his childhood years. Upon graduating from FDR High School, he enrolled at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) where he is completing his BFA in Photography with two concentrations in commercial and documentary photography with a minor in fashion photography, a minor in Film & Television, and a minor in Art History. An avid outdoorsman, Jim enjoys photographing wildlife and landscapes along with traveling the globe exploring the frontiers of possibilities the world and nature have to offer.  “Nature and the world are my inspirations along with being able to show how nature is always changing and mirrors the world,” he relays. “The unpredictability of nature has always fascinated me and how the world is never standing still…when fusing nature, the world, and photography you never know what kind of interesting, beautiful things that the world and nature will show you.”  In addition to his prolific forays into the world of photography, Jim is also an Eagle Scout member, a Free Mason in the Grand Lodge of the State of New York of Free and Accepted Masons, a 32° Scottish Rite Mason in the Valley of the Hudson, and an 18-year volunteer firefighter.