Sean Smith is a British photographer and filmmaker. He has covered conflicts and wars inIraq,Afghanistan,Lebanon andDemocratic Republic of the Congo.[1] He has been on staff atThe Guardian newspaper since 1988. His work in the UK has dealt with inner-city disturbances of the 1980s, heroin users and the lives of professional wrestlers,[2] among other subjects.
Smith's video reports have appeared on theNewsnight program,Channel 4 News and the United States'ABC News.
In September, 2011,Random House publishedFrontlines, a book with an introduction by journalistJon Snow, documenting the invasion of Iraq and its aftermath, as well as wars in Afghanistan, Congo and Lebanon. A selection of the photographs in the book were exhibited in Kings Place,[3] London,[4] and Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne.[5]
His pictures have also appeared inFive Thousand Days: Press Photography in a Changing World andDecade.
