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 […]
Fotoheide – A Labour of Love In December 2023 at the age of 86, Heide had a second operation on her lower spine, which included fusion. It was not a success. Heide was in constant pain and could only walk with the help of a Walker. The ongoing need for pain killers affected her short-term memory, […]