In the world but not of it

Tim Smith
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Tim Smith
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The pacifist Anabaptist Hutterites are one of the most successful models for communal living, despite a long history of persecution.

Their colonies range throughout the American and Canadian northwest, their culture preserved through separation from mainstream society, economic self-sufficiency and value of the spiritual and internal over the worldly and external.

No two Hutterite communities are the same, but – while often derided as backward – they overall report high rates of health, happiness, and life expectancy. In close-knit communities of under 200 people, they experience less of the loneliness and isolation prevalent in the modern world and have not recorded a single murder in their 500-year history.

Their society isn’t perfect, but we could learn much from the Hutterites, such as their strong social bonds and spiritual connection to the natural world.

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Based in Manitoba, Canada, Tim Smith has documented life on the prairies for fifteen years. He spent thirteen years photographing the insular Anabaptist Hutterites.

Smith’s work is among the most extensive visual documentations of their culture ever produced and has been exhibited worldwide.

In 2022 alone, he will exhibit in the Helsinki, Ragusa and Verzasca photo festivals and solo exhibitions in Germany and Canada. He has earned two National Newspaper awards, a ‘Judges Special Recognition in Community Awareness’ award for Pictures of the Year International, and was named Artist of the Year by the 2022 Donggang Photo Festival.

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Location: Bondi Beach Promenade Queen Elizabeth Drive Bondi Beach NSW 2026 Australia
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Entry Fee: Free

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