About
Melissa Smyth is an immigrant defense lawyer in New York City. She studied photography at Fordham University.
Publications & Exhibitions
Mar. 2016: This Cup of Absence, Devin Kelly & Melissa Smyth, Anchor & Plume Press, edition of 150
Oct. 2015: Lay Lady Lay featured in Huffington Post: "Woman's Haunting Self-Portraits Pair Bob Dylan Lyrics With Texts From Her Abusive Ex" by Alanna Vagianos
Sept. 2015: "Images of Inequality" group exhibition at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University School of Law.
Apr. 2015: No Grand Design: Photographs from the Bronx, BOAAT Journal, Issue 5,
Mar. 2015: Lay Lady Lay in "Art as Activism" group exhibition & performance hosted by the Gender and Sexuality Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
May 2013: No Grand Design: Photographs of the Bronx in group thesis exhibition at Fordham University Lincoln Center's Center Gallery.
May 2013: No Grand Design: Photographs of the Bronx, 2012-2013, self published at blurb.
Apr. 2013: Photographs from the Bronx, solo exhibition at Bronx African American History Project's 10th anniversary celebration at Fordham University Rose Hill.
Published Writing
09/20/2016 Artwork by Ermias Ekube by Ermias Ekube (Editor's Introduction) - Warscapes Art
05/31/2016 Presence in Art and Activism by Hollie Davis (Editor's Introduction) - Warscapes Art
05/18/2016 The Hargeysa Cultural Center and community development in Somaliland - Warscapes Reportage
02/09/2016 Seen For Syria: In Conversation with Soulaf Abas and Alyssa Arney - Warscapes Conversations
01/25/2016 Filming Revolution by Alisa Lebow (Editor's Introduction) - Warscapes Art
01/04/2016 Reconsidering the Shaker Aamer media parade - Warscapes Opinion
10/01/2015 Drawing Connections: a train comic by Seth Thomas (Editor's Introduction) - Warscapes Art
09/21/2015 @POTUS stands with Ahmed: Presidential tweets and tokens of power - Warscapes Blog
06/21/2015 Don't blink, nothing's changed: digital records of white supremacy - Warscapes Blog
01/16/2015 On Sentimentality: A Critique of Humans of New York - Warscapes Opinion
01/05/2015 Greetings from Iraq by Nora Al-Badri (Editor's Introduction) - Warscapes Art
12/11/2014 Torturer sees himself as tortured: Eric Fair's narcissistic tales of repentance - Warscapes Blog
10/11/2014 At War with the Skies in Our Eyes - Warscapes Blog
09/30/2014 Cycles of Art and Healing Among Syrian Refugees - Warscapes Art