Sydney Smith (photographer)
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| Born | April 5, 1884 Pickering, Yorkshire |
| Died | 1958 |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Photographer |
Sydney Smith (also spelled Sidney Smith; 1884–1958) was an English photographer who was born and worked in the North Riding of Yorkshire.[1] Smith has also been referred to as 'Sidney' or 'Sid' Smith.[2]
Life
Smith was born in Pickering, Yorkshire on 5 April 1884 into a family of builders, with eleven siblings.[3] At 14, Smith began working as a delivery boy at the local Co-op shop, whose manager showed him how to make a pinhole camera.[4] This led to a lifelong interest in photography and establishment of his business around 1900. He was first based in Park Street, Pickering, but in 1912 bought a coffee house at 13 Market Place, Pickering, which he converted to a photography studio and shop.[2] Smith married Maud Thompson and they had two children, Edmund and Barbara. Smith died on 3 October 1958 after breaking his hip and contracting pneumonia following a fall from a hospital window; he is buried in Pickering.[2] Maud died aged 94 on 3 February 1994.
Photography
Smith captured all aspects of local life including portraits and landscapes between 1900 and 1956. The surviving collection of photographs document rural life in Yorkshire's North Riding, from local towns and villages to farming practices and significant local weather events alongside formal portraits. He also captured life during World War I, with photographs of soldiers and One Oak Auxiliary Hospital.[5][6] Smith sold postcards of his photography of local scenes in his shop in Pickering.
Legacy
In the 1960s, Smith's wife Maud donated his collection of around 25,000 images and over 400 cameras to the Beck Isle Museum, Pickering.[7][8] Local historian and curator Gordon Clitheroe published the books Ryedale: Images of England (2000) and Pickering Through Time (2009), which contain photographs by Smith.[9][10][11]
References
- ↑ "Photography". Beck Isle Museum. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Clitheroe, Gordon (2000). Images of England: Ryedale. Stroud, United Kingdom: Tempus Publishing Limited. p. 8. ISBN 0-7524-2070-4.
- ↑ Lewis, Stephen (20 June 2011). "A look back at industry in the country". The Press. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ↑ "Sydney Smith". Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ↑ "Photographs of World War One soldiers, Pickering". North Yorkshire Council. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ "Photographs of patients and staff at One Oak Auxiliary Hospital, Pickering". North Yorkshire Council. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ "Half-crown pictures of Ryedale's lost history". The Press. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ "The Sydney Smith Collection". Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ "Every picture tells a story". The Yorkshire Post. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ Wilson, Natalya (29 October 2009). "New book by local author Gordon Clitheroe traces the history of Pickering in photographs". Gazette & Herald. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ Darley, Karen (11 January 2017). "Historian Gordon Clitheroe has been honoured by Ryedale Lions Club". Gazette & Herald. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
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