Jez Smith(born in

Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...

) is a British fashion and beauty photographer, best known as a judge on the reality television programme ''

Australia's Next Top Model ''Australia's Next Top Model'' is an Australian reality television series which premiered on 11 January 2005 and concluded on 22 November 2016, and was based on Tyra Banks' ''America's Next Top Model''. It was broadcast on the Australian subsc ...

''.

Career

Photography

Jez Smith is most famous for working with celebrities and fashion models such as

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, Jodhi Meares,

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, Megan Gale,

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and

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. He is also known for editorial and advertising clients such as Levis,

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, George Jensen,

Collette Dinnigan Collette Mary Ann Dinnigan (born 24 September 1965) is an Australian fashion designer. Born in South Africa and raised in New Zealand, Dinnigan moved to Australia, where she worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She opened her ow ...

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, Alannah Hill, Oroton and Tiger Lily.

Television

Smith has appeared as a judge on Cycle 3 and Cycle 6 of ''

''. He also was featured as a guest photographer and judge on Cycle 5 where he shot 'natural beauty' photographs for the final three contestants;

Tahnee Atkinson Tahnee Atkinson (born 31 January 1992) is an Australian model, best known for winning the cycle 5 of ''Australia's Next Top Model''. ''Australia's Next Top Model'' Tahnee was often considered one of the front runners in the competition, garner ...

Cassi Van Den Dungen Cassandra Jade "Cassi" Van Den Dungen (born 19 May 1992) is an Australian fashion model. At 16, Van Den Dungen competed on the fifth cycle of '' Australia's Next Top Model'', going on to be runner-up. Early life Van Den Dungen grew up in the t ...

and Clare Venema. In Episode 12, Smith was a guest judge on season 18 of

America's Next Top Model ''America's Next Top Model'' (abbreviated ''ANTM'' and ''Top Model'') is an American reality television series and interactive competition in which a number of aspiring models compete for the title of "America's Next Top Model" and a chance to b ...

. Also Smith was a guest photographer and judge on

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in Episodes 8 and 9.

References

External links

Jez Smith
– Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Jez British emigrants to Australia British fashion photographers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Photographers from Birmingham, West Midlands