Fotoheide - A Photographers Tale
From a Review by Brian Rope 9 July 2025
“Fotoheide – A Photographers Tale is a book which all Australian and German photo enthusiasts should have in their collections. It is about the career of Heide Smith Photographer, known in her birthplace, Germany, as Fotoheide. The book’s introduction uses various words to describe that career – remarkable, extraordinary, fascinating. Whilst the book’s author is the photographer’s husband Brian Smith, each of those words definitely are fitting’’.
About the book
The previous 11 books of Heide’s images have sold more than 35,000 copies: but they were always about specific locations, projects, people or events. The more than 200 images in this book cover all the major events in her career, from her first portrait in 1951, to her latest in 2023, including a number of the stories behind the images. All the images are black and white, Heide’s favorite medium.
To buy the book
Fotoheide – A Photographers Tale is on sale at the Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre Cnr of Vulcan and Murray Streets Moruya until 26 July. It can also be purchased from the Heide Smith Galleria at 18 Monash Ave, Tuross Head (phone 0244761171), or the Heide Smith Photography website at https://heidesmith.com/books/fotoheide-a-photographers-tale/ . The price is $45 incl postage.
