RIVER OF ART – HEIDE SMITH PHOTOGRAPHER Once only chance to buy signed copy of Fotoheide – a Photographers Tale at a special price.The book, and Heide Smith’s landscapes of the NSW South Coast, and portraits of The Tiwi, will be on display in her Galleria at 18 Monash Avenue, Tuross Head, on Sunday, from 11am […]
Heide Smith – River of Art – NOW TAKE OFF – TOMORROW!Heide Smith’s South Coast Scapes, Tiwi portraits and a new book, will be on display in her Galleria at 18 Monash Avenue Tuross Head, as part of the River of Art Festival 2025. The Galleria will be open on the weekends of Sept 27-28 and […]
Heide Smith – River of Arts 3 Portrait of Mary Dechantel taken in 1988 by Heide. From the Tiwi CollectionThis is one of Heide Smith’s portraits of the Tiwi People from Northern Australia , which will be on display in her Galleria at 18 Monash Avenue Tuross Head, as part of the River of Art Festival […]
Heide Smith – River of Arts 2 “Dancing Lights” – viewed fron Tuross HeadThis is one of Heide Smith’s landscapes of the NSW South Coast, which will be on display in her Galleria at 18 Monash Avenue Tuross Head, as part of the River of Art Festival 2025. The Galleria will be open on the weekends […]
Heide 1963 Photojournalist Fotoheide – a Photographers TaleThe Book traces Heide’s career as a photographer, beginning with her apprenticeship in Hameln Germany in 1954 to the present day; 70 years later. 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 […]
Heide Smith – River of Art East Walk, Hobbs Point Wagonga InletThis is one of Heide Smith’s landscapes of the NSW South Coast, which will be on display in her Galleria at 18 Monash Avenue Tuross Head, as part of the River of Art Festival 2025. The Galleria will be open on the weekends of Sept […]
Heide’s First Portrait at age 13 Fotoheide – A Photographers Tale. The first portrait that Heide Smith can remember taking, was of Onkel Albert at the funeral of her grandfather, in Neubruchhausen in Germany in 1951. She was 13 years old, and had only recently received the camera, an old Zeiss Ikon, as a Christmas present […]
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 […]
It’s Never Too Late Absolutely right if you are talking about an Exhibition this Saturday, 28th of June, at The BAS. And it’s even more right as it’s an exhibition AND a Book Launch at the same time: 10.30am. Exspecially as the Exhibition features photographs of the South Coast (portraits and Landscapes) by Heide Smith, and […]
Heide Smith – A South Coast Selection PeopleOne of the first things we noticed when we moved to the South Coast, was the friendliness of the people. Both Heide and Brian spent their childhoods in relatively small semi-rural communities, where people always greeted you and asked how you were. Quite different to living in a city. […]