Background
Luther Smith was born on March 16, 1950, in Mississippi, United States.
Rhode Island School of Design
Luther Smith was born on March 16, 1950, in Mississippi, United States.
Luther Smith earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in 1972. He received a Master of Fine Arts in 1974 from Rhode Island School of Design, Providence.
Since 1975 Luther Smith has been an instructor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and since 1976 has freelanced as a photographer. His first photographs were of people he encountered, friends, and family. He made photographs of nightlife using infrared film. Later Luther Smith photographed at the high schools in Urbana and Champaign, Illinois. He taught at the Rhode Island School of Design from 1972 to 1974.