Explanation

The coloured line shows a depiction of the post consultation route of the proposed HS2  which you can click for further details..

Image Gallery from a 3 day recce

Geotagged images from a 3 day recce

Credits

The 1st  map on this web page has been generated by www.thehs2.com. Both map baselayers are provided by Google Maps. The generation of the map uses data provided by www.streetmap.co.uk  and the Department for Transport and released with an Open Government Licence.

LAGOS, NIGERIA – NOVEMBER 5TH, 2012: Truck drivers from across the 32 Nigerian states wait patiently to fill their trailers with fuel at a tank farm in the port of Lagos. Despite being the world’s fifth largest producer of crude oil Nigeria lacks refineries and as such has volatile availability and prices of oil products. (Photo by Toby Smith/Reportage by Getty Images)

I am very proud to release an edited montage of HD footage captured on assignments or during personal work from the last 4 years.  The content reflects both my style of photography and a continued interest in documenting both sustainability and environmental issues. There’s a healthy mix of time-lapse, landscape and people montaged and over-laid by a slick Ninja Tune track.

A popular cliché,  but it feels like a natural and exciting move into the possibilities of video work.

I have begun to incorporate the new creative and narrative possibilities into both my personal and commissioned assignments backed up by a full editing and grading setup here in London.

Core Group of Reportage by Getty Images

Reportage by Getty Images have been looking after my feature work for last 3 years and I have been promoted upto a represented photographer within their core group. I’m very happy to be sharing a great roster with a list of talented and commited photographers. Many of us have just returned from Visa Pour L’Image, Photojournaliism Festival where I showed the Madagascar project’s images and broadcast showreel on the Canon Professional Network stage.

By working closer with the editors in London and New York we hope to deliver even more editorial and corporate assignments whilst placing personal work.  Recent highlights include assignments for The Sunday Times, National Geographic (above) and The New Yorker Magazine.

New Personal Project on Agriculture

I’ve shifted my personal research from the industrial might of the energy industry towards the incredible diversity of agriculture in Britain and beyond. This change is motivated by a personal interest in the production of our food but perhaps more importantly the changing relationship between consumers, farmers, their livestock and the landscape they have toiled for millennia.

The ideas currently outnumber the tear-sheets ahead of starting the project wholly next month. As with my Renewables Project I aim to travel and live in my truck to get close to the subject regardless of the elements.  I aspire to combine the beauty and structure of the environment with an intimate portrayal of the communities and culture that live on and indeed shape the land.

Do get in touch with any good sheep jokes or for further information as the project gets started.

Cinematic Showreel from Toby Smith on Vimeo.

A cinematic show-reel combining footage shot over the last 3 years of my career. Many of the clips echo my large format compositions and were captured during personal projects or assignments across the world.

Locations include Scotland, England, China, India and Madagascar. Music is “The Great Drive By” by Funki Porcini and is licensed from Ninja Tune (UK) whilst the edit and grade was done by Daren Nair here in London.

Please contact me for any further information on the projects, assignments or indeed licensing of existing footage. Technically the work is either Time Lapse or HD Video captured on a Canon 5d Mkii.

Broadcast Showreel – All from Toby Smith on Vimeo.

I had to hide behind the sofa with fear last night as I made another appearance on TV. This year I was selected to compete in the BBC2 series “Show me the Monet”. The name sets the standard of the jokes but this masks the brutal nature of the TV program. A panel of judges, the hanging committee, vote on a piece of your artwork and its potential inclusion at prestigious show at the Mall Galleries, London. I was (un)fortunate enough to be voted through into the exhibition and to sell my piece of work, Ratcliffe on Soar, above list price.

I’m also really pleased to be selling prints of my Olympic Park project exclusively through Eyestorm. Their Creative Director, Angie Davey,  has written a really nice introduction that responds to my own essay on the project. Both the 5×4 and X-Pan shots are available for collectors.