Only-opaques - Sophia Smith - 11099 - 115 Photos -

The series invites us to reconsider the value of : not as a deficit, but as an essential space for reflection, agency, and ethical imagination.

Scholars such as B. M. Katz (2013) and L. M. Sullivan (2019) argue that these works challenge the “transparent gaze” of modern photography, establishing a lineage that Smith inherits and extends. Only-Opaques - Sophia Smith - 11099 - 115 photos