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Recent Photo Exhibitions
Los Angeles Center of Photography “Life/Cycles” Exhibition, Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Center of Photography “Creative Portraits” Exhibition, Los Angeles, California
Royal Photographic Society Nature Group Annual Exhibition, Bristol, England
Los Angeles Center of Photography 7th Annual Members Exhibition, Los Angeles, California (First Place)
The British Journal of Photography “Decade of Change” Exhibition, Museum of Climate Change, Hong Kong & Javits Center, New York
The Print Swap Exhibition, Foley Gallery, New York
Los Angeles Center of Photography 7th Annual Street Photography Exhibition, Los Angeles, California
The Print Swap Exhibition, Laurent Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
“Whale Vision” Exhibition, Reykjavík, Iceland
Audubon 100
Eric’s hummingbird photo was selected by the National Audubon Society for inclusion in their Top 100 of 2021. The photo was also featured on the table of contents in their Summer 2021 magazine.
The Times of London
Eric’s gray whales photos have gone viral across the United Kingdom, being featured by the Times of London, The Irish Daily Mirror, The Sun, The Daily Express and the BBC.
May 2022 | The Wall Street Journal “Welcome to Hollywoodland”
March 2021 | Digital Photo Pro “How I Made It: The Story Behind Eric Smith’s Surprising Whale Photo”
January 2021 | Shoutout LA “Meet Eric J. Smith: Documentary Photographer & Director”
November 2020 | Winner of the Royal Photographic Society's "Documentary Photography" Competition
May 2019 | Winner of National Geographic's "My Home" Competition
March 2019 | On behalf of his team at Givewith, Eric receives the Cynopsis Media Social Good Award for best awareness campaign for female empowerment. The video he directed for Dell Technologies and Girls Who Code was honored in a ceremony at the Yale Club in New York City.
December 2018 | Winner of the Royal Photographic Society's "Forms in Nature" Competition https://www.rps-365.org/events/365/winners/
August 2018 | Winner of National Geographic's "Go Beyond" Competition https://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/stories/go-beyond/
June 2018 | Royal Photographic Society Feature | Voyage LA Feature
May 2018 | On behalf of his team at CBS EcoMedia, Eric receives the Cynopsis Media Social Good Award for best Public Service Announcement of 2017. The video he directed for the LGBT Center Orange County and the California Endowment was honored in a ceremony at the Yale Club in New York City. Speaking Up for Health for All
April 2018 | The Wall Street Journal features Eric's photo of a beach clean up in Mexico. https://www.wsj.com/articles/cbs-backed-startup-to-help-advertisers-donate-to-charities-through-digital-ad-buys-1523359800
March 2018 | Silver Telly Award, Branded Content & Entertainment “Healing Heroes With Hockey” https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2017/branded-content-entertainment/general-social-responsibility/healing-heroes-with-hockey/165556
February 2018 | Eric’s photograph “The Dreamer” is featured in the craft journal of the Royal Photographic Society.
October 2017 | Eric’s photograph “A Sign of the Times” is chosen for inclusion on the BBC’s program “Room 101.”
February 7, 2017 | Eric's aerial photograph of the Empire State Building is selected by National Geographic for inclusion in their story "Innovative Design in Cites."
October 24, 2016 | Eric's photo of a burning Mt. Diablo is selected by National Geographic for inclusion in their exhibition "Climate Change: In Focus" at the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP 22) in Marakech, Morocco
July 20, 2016 | Eric's photo of Grand Prismatic is selected as an editor's favorite by National Geographic photo editor Matt Adams in their "Beautiful Places" competition
June 27, 2016 | Eric's photo of a sea lion is featured by National Geographic in their Daily Dozen feature.
February 4, 2016 | Eric's photo of a Hollywood coyote is featured by Outside Magazine.
November 3, 2015 | Eric's portrait of CBS EcoMedia founder Paul Polizzotto is featured in Forbes.
October 16, 2015 | Eric's photo of Grand Prismatic is featured in iFly, the monthly publication of Dutch airline KLM.
September 20, 2015 | Eric's photo of the Seattle Labyrinth is featured by National Geographic as one of their "top shots" of August. Only twelve images were selected out of 100,000 uploads.
July 24, 2015 | Eric's photo of Grand Prismatic is featured by National Geographic as its shot of the Day on their website and social media platforms
July 16, 2015 | The whale photo is published in Die Zeit, the magazine of Germany's largest weekly newspaper
March 6, 2015 | Eric photographs three time Olympic Gold Medal Vollyball Champion Kerri Walsh for Manhattan Beach’s Tour DePier Fundraiser to battle Cancer.
March 5, 2015 | Eric discusses his photography and the nature of the viral image with Colm Flynn of “The Feed” on RTÉ Radio 1, Dublin, Ireland
February 17, 2015 | Eric featured on Huffington Post Science “Hold the Phone! You Might Miss a Whale, or Even a Whale of a Bright Idea Like the Laser”
February 15, 2015 | Eric published "Hollywood Nights” on Storehouse
February 12, 2015 | Eric’s photo discussed on ABC’s The View
February 11, 2015 | Eric’s photo discussed on CBS’ The Talk