Photographer Rick Smith to show his work at Friends of the Library program

Award-winning photographer Rick Smith will show images from his new book, Vanishing Icons, at a Friends of the Library program, 7 p.m. Thursday, January 14, at the Asheboro Public Library.

Vanishing Icons, published by Lonesome Oaks Press, features images captured over 30 years depicting weathered barns, farm houses, farm equipment and other “icons” of the rural countryside. Smith says the photographs, taken throughout 17 states and three countries, are silent witness to a fading rural landscape.

Smith will sell and sign copies of his book after his presentation.

Michigan native Smith attended Brooks Institute of Photography and honed his skill working in one of the largest photography studios in Detroit. After moving to North Carolina in the early 1970s, he operated a commercial advertising studio for over 25 years.

He has lectured at the Rochester Institute of Technology and is a regular lecturer, workshop leader and contributor in the Randolph Community College photography program. He has won numerous national and international awards for his photography, and is included in the permanent collection at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York.

Preview his work here.