Dan Tobin Smith has over 20 years of experience working as a photographer & director specialising in still life and installation photography.

His work has been commissioned by clients across the fields of fashion, music, publishing and advertising. 
From Alexander McQueen, Jay Z, Craig Green, Acne 
and Numero; to Apple, Nike and Louis Vuitton.

In 2020, Dan founded the creative studio Optical Arts.

Address

Dan Tobin Smith Studio Ltd.

52C Whitmore Road

London

N1 5QG

General Enquiries and Print Sales

Hannah May

Executive Producer / Studio Director

hannah@dantobinsmith.com+44 207 033 9880

Selected Exhibitions

Letter B — Art Practice, London Design Festival, 2024

Letter C — Art Practice, London Design Festival, 2023

VOID — Collins Theatre, London Design Festival, 2019

The First Law of Kipple – Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, 2015

The First Law of Kipple – Play Grounds / RedLine Gallery, Denver, 2015

StereoType: New directions in typography – BSA Space, Boston, 2014

The First Law of Kipple – Whitmore Road Studio, London Design Festival, 2014

Still Life with Flowers – The Storeroom at L’Entrepôt, London, 2014

Imaginary View Photogravures – Paul Stolper Gallery, original Print Fair, London, 2014

Imaginary View — Somerset House, London, 2013

The Krystal World — Viewfinder Gallery, London, 2010

The New Landscape — Joint Exhibition The Leonard Street Gallery, London, 2006

Skeleton Leaves Series One – Galerie Lapidarium, Prague, 2002

Selected Publications

Furnish – Lovell & Klanten, 2007

Stereographics – Victionary, 2008

3D Typography – Abbink & Anderson, 2010

Font Family – Fredes, 2010
Typoholic – Victionary, 2012

Emerald – Violette, 2013
Ruby – Violette, 2017

Clients

FASHION

  • NIKE
  • LOUIS VUITTON
  • RIMOWA
  • ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
  • TIFFANY
  • ADIDAS
  • CRAIG GREEN
  • ACNE STUDIOS
  • VENTETE

TECHNOLOGY

  • APPLE
  • CLAUDE AI
  • TELSTRA
  • MIELE
  • AUDI

EDITORIAL

  • OTHER SCENES
  • PORT MAGAZINE
  • NUMERO
  • WALLPAPER
  • EXHIBITION MAGAZINE
  • VANITY FAIR
  • VOGUE
  • THE NEW YORK TIMES
  • ON THE ROCKS
  • CREATIVE REVIEW