Ghosts of Urban Decay

• Photographer
  Joseph P Smith, Malta
• Studio
  Not applicable
• Website
  http://smithjp.com
• Instagram
  @smithfoto59

This series seeks to bleed the past into the present. By making
myself a “ghost” in this landscape I was liberating myself from
ulterior fears in the process. I wanted to connect with the defunct
architecture, the ominous silence, the artifacts and the filthy
remains that were speaking back to me. This is an environment I
feel comfortable in. I was looking at establishing a sense of
connection with the past as if to merge my own shadow (spirit)
with the ghosts of from a former existence.

Joseph P Smith FSWPP FBIPP FMPA FMIPP ARPS AFIAP
Dip. Artistic & Cultural Management
MFA Digital Arts (Melit)
(Born 17.03.1959)

Joseph P. Smith is a photographer and artist absorbed in an artistic quest that comprises photography, the graphic media and print-making. He studied art and design in Malta and Florence, Italy where he was awarded scholarship in 1983. Graduated Master in Fine Arts, Digital Arts from the University of Malta in 2015.

Awards Fellow of the Malta Institute of Professional Photographers (FMIPP)
Fellow of The Societies - UK (FSWPP)
Fellow of the Master Photographers Association - UK (FMPA)
Fellow of the British Institute of Professional Photographers (FBIPP)
Artist - International Federation of Photographic Art (AFIAP)
Associate of the Royal Photographic Society (ARPS)
First prize EU competition "Cultures on My Streets" in 2008
Shortlisted for exhibition in the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize at National Portrait Gallery in London - 201, 2015 and 2021

List of awards can be seen at: www.smithjp.com