Jeffrey Smith

I started taking photographs in 1994 after being inspired by the work of O. Winston Link. Since then, I have been an avid photographer of railroad subjects, especially the recreation of historically accurate steam operations. In the course of photographing railroads around the country, I have had an increasing fascination with industrial settings that represent the continual decline of the manufacturing industry in the United States, especially in the Northeastern portion of the country.In the past few years, I have spent increasing time photographing non-railroad subjects. A significant portion of my efforts in this area has been focused on lighthouses and other historic structures. Like railroads, lighthouses are vestiges of a bygone era, remnants of a profession that no longer exists and another example of infrastructure that has been replaced by technology.