Photo by Michael A. Smith, who has a studio in Ottsville

Leading up to the big Elephant's Eye event on February 17th at the Freight House in Doylestown, we'll be highlight some of the enormously talented artists of Bucks County.  The Elephant's Eye Studio Tour will bring students from under-served school districts out to meet these extraordinary artists.

First up- the internationally recognized photographers Michael A. Smith and Paula Chamlee, who have their home/studio in a secluded location in Tinicum Township. The home/studio is self-designed down to the door handles (with architect assistance for the structure and design of the passive solar aspects). Visiting the Smith/Chamlee home/studio is an unforgettable experience.

In addition to their work in black and white with large-format cameras, Chamlee photographs with an 8×10-inch view camera and Smith photographs with an 8×20-inch view camera–their newer work encompasses mixed media and large format color.

By Paula Chamlee

Between them they have had over 300 exhibitions and their photographs are collected in over 140 museums worldwide including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

In addition to being photographers, Smith and Chamlee are publishers. Their Lodima Press books, with photographs reproduced in 600-line screen quadtone, are unmatched in their quality.

Their photographs and books will be available for sale during the studio tour.

Additional images of Paula's work can be viewed here and images of Michael's work can be viewed here.

The studio of Michael A. Smith & Paula Chamlee is located at 25 Bunker Hill Road , Ottsville Pennsylvania 18942.

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