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Artist's Biography

Herb Smith grew up in Michigan, where he developed a love of nature at a very early age. His interest in photography also started early, and by the age of twelve he had a darkroom, complete with an enlarger he designed and constructed. He earned money to buy his first single-lens reflex, an Exacta V, when he was 16.

He received a B.A. in a pre-med curriculum from Albion College in Michigan. While at Albion, he decided to pursue medical illustration as a career to combine his interests in science, art and photography. After graduation, he spent a year at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland, and traveled extensively in Europe. He then attended Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and earned an M.A. in Art as Applied to Medicine.

Herb worked as a medical illustrator at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland before being recruited by renowned cardiovascular surgeon Michael E. DeBakey to Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He directed Baylor's department of Medical Illustration and Audiovisual Education for 37 years. During the last seven years, he also served as Webmaster and Director of Web Development.

Because of his contributions to the field of biomedical communications, Herb was awarded the Association of Medical Illustrators' Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Biological Photographic Association's Louis Schmidt Award, becoming the first person to receive the highest honors of both associations.

After moving to Wimberley, Texas in 2002, Herb was able to actively pursue his lifelong interests in photography and nature. He became a certified Texas Master Naturalist in 2003, and served as president of the Hill Country Photography Club in 2005 and 2006. He has received recognition for his photographs in juried competitions, and his prints have been acquired by a number of private and public collections.

Brief Resumé

Education:
B.A., Albion College, Albion, Michigan
Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
M.A., Johns Hopkins University (Art as Applied to Medicine)

Positions:
Webmaster and Director of Web Development
Baylor College of Medicine, 1994-2000

Director, Medical Illustration and Audiovisual Education
Baylor College of Medicine, 1964-2000

Medical Illustrator, Medical Arts Section
National Institutes of Health, 1961-1963

Recent Juried Exhibitions:
  • Foundry Arts Centre, St. Charles, Missouri
          Unrefined Light: Image-Making with
          Plastic Cameras and their Friends, 2008
  • Wimberley Valley Art League Gallery, 2008
          Five prints accepted in 2 juried exhibitions
          1st Place in Feb-Mar exhibition
  • Ménage à Trois
          Watson Gallery, Johnson City, TX, 2008
  • Skies & Travel Over Central Texas
    Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Oct-Jan '08
  • Hill Country Alliance 2008 calendar contest
          - Grand Prize
  • Wimberley Valley Art League Gallery, 2007
          Nine prints accepted in 4 juried exhibitions
          Best in Show for Grand Opening exhibition
          Honorable mention in Aug-Sept exhibition
          Honorable mention in Dec-Jan '08 exhibition
  • Center for Fine Art Photography's members exhibition, Fort Collins, CO, 2007
  • Bayfest 2007, Corpus Christi, Texas
          - 3rd place in B&W
  • Naturescapes, San Marcos, Texas, 2007
          - Award of Excellence
          - 2nd place in Scenic
          - honorable mention in Hays Co.
  • Architextures, San Marcos, Texas, 2007
  • Divishow Studio and Gallery,
    Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico
          2007 Spring TOP 30 Juried Competition
  • Foundry Arts Centre, St. Charles, Missouri
          Photography: 2nd Annual Exhibition
  • CameraArts magazine, Jan-Feb, 2007 issue
  • Illuminance 2007, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, Texas
  • Center for Fine Art Photography's second Denver International Airport Exhibition, 2007
  • Bayfest 2006, Corpus Christi, Texas
          - 1st place in B&W
  • Naturescapes, San Marcos, Texas, 2006
          - honorable mention in Scenic
  • Artists for Austin 2006 auction for SafePlace
  • People, Places, Things, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, 2006
          - honorable mention in Places
  • Homegrown, Texas State University, 2006
  • Texas Not Tuscany, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, 2006
          - print purchased for permanent collection
  • High and Dry, Lubbock, Texas, 2005
  • Bayfest 2005, Corpus Christi, Texas
          - honorable mention in B&W
  • Naturescapes, San Marcos, Texas, 2005
          - 1st place in Scenic
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