Tim Smith

Manitoba based photographer Tim Smith documents life on the Canadian prairies. Beginning with a chance encounter, Smith has been photographing Hutterite communities in Manitoba over the past thirteen years. Hutterites, Anabaptist pacifists whose roots trace back to Tyrol, Austria in the wake of the 16th century Radical Reformation, live communally in colonies throughout western Canada and the north-western United States. Their culture continues to be preserved through

Children play tag on a pyramid of straw bales under a rainbow at Spring Valley Hutterite Colony after a light rain shower on a warm August evening.

Although Smith comes from a traditional photojournalism background, his work has been exhibited widely in North America, Europe, Africa and The Middle East. In 2020 he was a finalist for the Luxembourg Art Prize. In 2022 his work will be featured at the Head On Photo Festival in Sydney, Australia, the 9th PHOTO IS:RAEL International Photography Festival travelling exhibition, and the Africa Foto Fair in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, as well as at a solo show at MEWO Kunsthalle in Germany.

In addition to long-term documentary work Smith covers assignments for a variety of editorial clients in the prairies and occasionally further on. His work has garnered several awards including two National Newspaper Awards and a Judges Special Recognition in the Pictures of the Year International (POYI) Community Awareness Award. Portions of his work from the prairies and the Hutterites are part of the Province of Manitoba’s art collection as well as the permanent display at the Múzeum habánov v Sobotišti in Slovakia. Smith is an ally of the Coalition for Women in Journalism.

Hadassah Maendel takes Kahlua for a swim in the pond at Baker Hutterite Colony at sunset on a warm August evening.

Exhibitions:

2022 – April. The Hutterites exhibition. Africa Foto Fair – New Beginnings. Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire.
2022 – April. The Hutterites Featured Exhibition. Flash Photographic Festival. Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2022 – April 17 – May 1. The Hutterites. PHOTO IS:RAEL festival. Nahariya, Israel.
2022 – Summer. In The World But Not Of It; The Hutterites solo show. MEWO Kunsthalle. Memmingen, Germany.
2022 – November. The Hutterites exhibition. Head On Photo Festival. Sydney, Australia.
2021 – November – Growing up Hutterite. 9th Annual PHOTO IS:RAEL festival. Tel Aviv, Israel.
2021 – June – August. In the World but not of It. Estevan Art Gallery & Museum. Estevan, Saskatchewan.
2021 – June 3 – 30. The Hutterites. Belfast Photo Festival. Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2020 – November 28, 2020 – March 13, 2021. Luxembourg Art Prize finalists group exhibition. Luxembourg, EU.
2020 – May 11 – June 20. Hutterites of Manitoba solo show. Portage and District Arts Centre. Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
2020 – January 10 – February 23. In the World but not of It solo show. Gallery@501. Sherwood Park, Alberta.
2019 – 2020 – Hutterites at Play. United Photo Industries’ The Fence exhibition. Brooklyn, Houston, Seattle, Boston, Sarasota, Atlanta, Denver, Calgary.