Bio
Websites & Social Media
Fine Art Photography Website: https://EdwardFSmithIIIFineArt
Instagram: https://instagram.com/EdwardFSmithIII/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/EdwardFSmithIII/
Facebook Business: https://facebook.com/EdwardFSmithIIIFineArt/
Photographic Recognition & Accomplishments
North County Photographic Society (San Diego) 2023 Annual Competition, 1st Place (People/Portraiture)
Dodho Magazine, 2024; Echoes of the Gold Rush: Capturing the Abandoned Buildings of the Eastern Sierras
The Eye of Photography (L’oeil de la Photographie): Weekend Portfolios, August 3, 2024 (Cover Story: Softly Focused on Paris)
The Eye of Photography (L’oeil de la Photographie): Weekend Portfolios, October 26, 2024 (Solitary Tides: The Pier Fishermen of San Diego)
Artdoc Photography Magazine. Life Today. Issue No. 6, 2024 (Between Fashion and Fascades: Reflections of Opulence)
Dodho Magazine, 2025; Two Worlds
Sfumato Art Creatives, Interview - Voices of Creativity. (Solitary Tides: The Pier Fishermen of San Diego). Edward Smith lll | Voices of Creativity
Novum Artis – The New Artistic Magazine, Issue No. 7, 2025. (Two Worlds: Three Friends; Twixt Glamour and Routine). Novum Artis Issue No 7
LensWork, No 171, March 2025. Architectural Elegance: An Image Suite by Edward F Smith III. LensWork No 171
Monochromica – The Journal of Monochrome Art, Issue No. 2, 2025. (Desert Waves; Road to Heaven; Powerful Yosemite Falls). Monochromica Issue No 2
Dodho Magazine, Monochromatic Awards 2025; (Floral Choir). Winners: Monochromatic Awards 2025 | Dodho
The Eye of Photography (L’oeil de la Photographie): Weekend Portfolios, September 6, 2025 (The Firebreak Grazers – Silvopasture in Surburbia). Edward Smith III
Dodho Magazine, Fine Art Awards 2025; (Beach Walking). FINE ART 2025.pdf
LensWork, No. 175, April 2026. Feature Portfolio: Hillside Firegrazers by Edward F Smith III. LensWork #175
Dodho Magazine, 2026; Soft Focus: Exploring Light, Color and Solitude. Edward Smith III Soft Focus: Exploring Light, Color and Solitude – Dodho
NOIR, International Photo Magazine For Monochrome Photography, Featured Photographer Interview – 2026. NOIR, YEAR#5- ISSUE#2 – Noir, Club of Black and White Photography
The Eye of Photography (L’oeil de la Photographie): Weekend Portfolios, July 4, 2026 (Caretakers Of The Greens). Edward Smith III - The Eye of Photography Magazine
Gallery Exhibitions
2025 Black and White 2025 (Lighting the Way), Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
2025 Beyond the Mirror (Peek-A-Boo), Decagon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2025 Abstractions – The Art Of Seeing Differently (Desert Waves). Decagon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2025 First Annual Invitational Exhibition 2025 (Stepping Out and In). Decagon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2025 The Art of Long Exposure Photography. Photo Art Pavillon, Brightwaters, NY
2025 Places and Spaces (Disengaged Elegance). Decagon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2025 Dynamic: Shadow and Light (Barstow Train Station), Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
2025 Solo Exhibition - Solitary Tides: Echoes in the Mist. Sfumato Art Creatives, NY, NY
2025 Abandoned (Hearth Without A Home). Decode Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2025 Darkness: (Praise The Lord). Decode Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2025 Southwest: (Monuments to Wind and Time). Decode Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2026 Focus: Shadow and Light 2026 (Alleyway Lovers), Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
2026 Black and White 2026 (Desert Waves; Pulse of Passage). Decagon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2026 2nd Annual Invitational Exhibition 2026 (Beach Walking). Decagon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2026 Seasons (Dawn’s Embrace in the Lofoten Islands). Dusk Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2026 Water: Element of Change (Powerful Yosemite Falls). PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2026 Abandoned (Dixie Inn At Last Light). Dusk Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Photography Reviews
Medium Photo, San Diego, CA. April 25-26, 2024.
Education
B.S. in Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.
Graduation with Distinction.
Ph.D. in Physiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
Thesis Title: Role of Thromboxanes in Acute Myocardial Ischemia.
MBA, Washington University, John M. Olin School of Business, St. Louis, MO.
Awarded the Hiram and Mary Neuwoehner Prize