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 Studios and Numéro; 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

COMMERCIAL

  • Nike
  • Louis Vuitton
  • RIMOWA
  • Alexander McQueen
  • Tiffany & Co.
  • adidas
  • Craig Green
  • Acne Studios
  • Apple
  • Claude
  • Telstra
  • Miele
  • Audi
  • Ventete

EDITORIAL

  • Other Scenes
  • PORT Magazine
  • Numéro
  • Wallpaper*
  • Exhibition Magazine
  • Vanity Fair
  • Vogue
  • The New York Times
  • On The Rocks
  • Creative Review