Fotoheide – A Photographers Tale    In Germany, Heide is known as Fotoheide; in fact, the first ever book of her work in 1963, was titled “Fotoheide”. In Australia, her business name is Heide Smith Photographer. This is the tale of Heide Smith’s fascinating and extraordinary career, in black and white. She took her first portrait when […]

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  Portrait of a People – the Tiwi of northern Australia   Portrait of a People is first and foremost a book of photographs taken by Heide of the Tiwi and of Tiwi life over a 20 year period,but it is more than just a picture book, in that it also relates the history, and describes the lifestyle, […]

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  Books by Heide Smith Of the 12 books published on the work of photographer Heide Smith, three are still available for sale. They are;   “Fotoheide – a Photographers Tale 2025” and “A Portrait of Canberra and of Canberrans 1979-2012”  and “Portrait of a People – the Tiwi of Northern Australia 2008”   Follow […]

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