Graham Smith (b. 1947, Middlesbrough, UK) was born into a family whose work, class and culture, on his father's side, was rooted deeply in the heavy industry of iron making for at least four generations. The inevitability of working for life in the iron and steelworks troubled him. He broke free but still maintained a sense of belonging. People, pubs, stories, photographs, writing and ego have all been important to him and Smiths photographs can be seen as an obsession to understand values, good and bad, of the culture he left behind.

For a full selection of photographs by Graham Smith, please contact Eric Franck Fine Art.