→ Photo Info (Here) Mike Smith Gray, TN (The Winter Garden)
1996 The tilled earth creates a mark on the land suggestive of a meaningful brush stroke or some similarly intentful man-made imprint. A thin dusting of snow sits atop the contours of the dirt and appears sparsely throughout the grassy hillside that surrounds the aspired garden. The photograph emphasizes the sculptural alteration of the land that Mike sometimes makes the subject of his photographs. This photograph is from his body of work entitled, “You’re Not from Around Here.” Mike is literally not from around here but has been living in Tennessee since 1981 and profusely photographing the Eastern part of the state, more specifically Southern Appalachia. He is a professor of art at East Tennessee State University.

Gray, TN 1996
Mike Smith
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Courtesy Lee Marks Fine Art