About

Jon Randell Smith is a photographer and writer from Newfoundland. His photographic work focuses on everyday life, place and the built environment, finding color, strangeness and unexpected visual order in ordinary surroundings.

He began making photographs in 2020. His first solo exhibition, A Light That Is Always Changing, was held in St. John’s, Newfoundland, in 2022. His photographs have appeared in arts publications and Canadian news media, including the international award-winning cookbook Food, Culture, Place: Stories, Traditions and Recipes of Newfoundland.

Smith has lived and worked in Newfoundland, Montreal and Cairo. His current photographic work includes ongoing projects in Canada and Egypt.

He also works as a translator and writes about food, media and politics at Eating an Island.