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RON BAXTER SMITH WAS BORN IN TORONTO, CANADA WHERE HE STUDIED FINE ARTS AND EDUCATION AT YORK UNIVERSITY.

AS A COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER, HE HAS WON OVER 425 AWARDS. HIS WORK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN GRAPHIS PHOTO, NUDES, DESIGN, POSTER, ADVERTISING, BROCHURE, ALTERNATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY AND ANNUAL REPORTS. HE HAS WON MEDALS IN THE D&AD, THE NEW YORK ART DIRECTORS CLUB, THE ADCC AND HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN MANY AIGA GRAPHIC DESIGN ANNUALS. IN 1994 COMMUNICATION ARTS DID A FEATURE ARTICLE ON HIS WORK. HE HAS SHOT FOR GQ, THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, MEN’S JOURNAL, DISCOVER, TIME AND NEWSWEEK AND HIS WORK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN VOGUE, ELLE DECOR, WALLPAPER, W AND VANITY FAIR.

AS A COMMERCIAL FILM DIRECTOR, HE HAS WON CONSECUTIVE GOLD AWARDS IN THE MOBIUS SHOW, THE BESSIES AND THE HOUSTON FILM FESTIVALS. HE WAS AWARDED THE LEO BURNETT GOLD AWARD FOR BEST CAMPAIGN WORLDWIDE AND THIS SAME CAMPAIGN WAS AWARDED AS ONE OF THE TOP TEN ADS OF THE CENTURY BY THE INSITUTE OF COMMUNICATION IN ADVERTISING. HE HAS ALSO BEEN A CANNES FINALIST AND WON THE SAATCHI AND SAATCHI FIRST CUT AWARD.

IN HIS PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHY, HE WAS AWARDED A CANADA COUNCIL “B” GRANT, AN ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL GRANT AND A PHOTOGRAPHY GRANT FROM YORK UNIVERSITY TO STUDY ART HISTORY IN FLORENCE, ITALY. HIS WORK IS IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE. HE HAS EXHIBITED WIDELY IN MILAN, PERUGIA, MOSCOW, MONTREAL, OTTAWA, TORONTO AND NEW YORK.