Steven B. Smith’s Waiting Out the Latter Days: A photographer reflects on his upbringing in Utah (PHOTOS).

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Lovingly Celebrating and Criticizing Utah With Candid Black-and-White Photographs

For Steven B. Smith, a professor of photography at the Rhode Island School of Design, growing up in a Mormon-dominated Utah during the Cold War was “a…

via Slate Magazine: https://slate.com/culture/2015/11/steven-b-smiths-waiting-out-the-latter-days-a-photographer-reflects-on-his-upbringing-in-utah-photos.html

For Steven B. Smith, a professor of photography at the Rhode Island School of Design, growing up in a Mormon-dominated Utah during the Cold War was “a pretty dark time,” one filled with “conservative oppression and a culture of fear.”