The British photographer Richard Sawdon Smith (b1963, England)) is Deputy Head of College, at the University College for the Creative Arts, Maidstone, UK. He is a member of the Visual AIDS Archive Project in NYC for whom he has curated, and been selected for, a number of ‘virtual’ exhibitions. Richard was winner of the John Kobal Portrait Award 1997. He is Co-editor of Langford’s basic Photography 8th Edition (2007) and his photographs and writing are published in a variety of books including; Cultures of Exile (2004) Wendy Everett (ed); Art & Photography (2004) David Campany; Pandemic: Facing AIDS (2003) Umbrage Books; Male Bodies: A Photographic History of the Nude (2004) & Fully Exposed: The Male Nude in Photography (1990) both by Emmanuel Cooper; Vile Bodies: Photography and the Crisis of Looking (1998) Chris Townsend and Representations of HIV and AIDS: Visibility Blue/s (2000) Gabriele Griffin. His work has been exhibited widely including; Galerie Godante (1992), ‘solo show’, Kobe, Japan; Belem Cultural Centre (1998),’ Expo’98 – A Stroll Through the Century’, Lisbon, Portugal; Pamukbank Fotografgalerisi (2001), ‘Isik Acik!’ (Into the Light), Istanbul, Turkey inc. international tour; MACBA (2002), Pandemic: Imaging AIDS, Barcelona, Spain inc. international tour; National Portrait Gallery (1997, 2002 & 2003), ‘John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award’, London, England inc. national tour, and ‘Self-Portrait UK’ inc. national tour; Palais de Tokyo (2004), ‘One Vision – Images of HIV/AIDS’ Paris, France inc. European tour; The Propeller Centre for Visual Arts (2005), “Refuse to Die”, Toronto, Canada; Orange County Contemporary Art Galley (2005), ‘Unfinished Works’, California, USA; and Centro Historia Zaragossa, (2008) group exhibition ‘El cuerpo (con) sentido’, Spain.