Richard Reitz Smith grew up in the Appalachian foothills of rural Pennsylvania, where the changing seasons became a metaphor for where and how he lived.
“The hills simultaneously protected me from the outside world, yet kept me from it,"Smith says. "The sky was a source of wonderment; a constant connection to the world beyond the crest of the hills, but ever-changing.”
Maine is currently home, but his path has been shaped by venues including the greater New York City area, Arizona, the Caribbean, and various regions of Italy as well as events of discovery, attainment, and loss.
Smith shared 30 images from his ongoing exhibition "Land Marks" with Business Insider, arranged in chronological order from 1984 to 2014.
"Sprankle Mills"
"Lone Tree"
"Trinity"
"Dawn and Dusk"
"Georgetown Lighthouse"
"Summer Meadow Frenetic"
"Summer Meadow Milkweed"
"Rockport"
"Red Kayak"
"Rockport Harbor"
"Aldemere Farm"
"Toward Mt. Dessert"
"Bleak Midwinter, Foxes by Ash Trees"
"Meandering Stream"
"Stetson Ranch, Sebastian, Florida"
"At The Crest"
"A Wide Valley to Cross"
