Visual Communication

Evan Smith

I am a designer and photographer based in Wicklow. My creative practice encompasses a wide variety of disciplines including branding, publication design, and digital media, but centres around my passion for photography and videography. Growing up between the mountains and the ocean I have been raised with a deep respect and reverence for nature and continuously find this fuelling my creative work. In an increasingly digital centric world, I realise the importance of this connection with nature and believe in design practices that are environmentally conscious and ecologically focused. Ultimately, my practice is aimed at building impactful narratives and experiences with a purpose.

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Latitude to Roam

Inspired by action in my local community by Friends of the Cliff Walk, this project addresses public access to natural spaces versus private land ownership in Ireland. Despite Ireland’s wealth of natural beauty and outdoor spaces, actual open access to our land is limited to a mere 8%, while 78% is privately owned.  This situation contrasts with countries like Norway, Sweden, and Scotland, where the "Right to Roam" is a default right enshrined in law, allowing open exploration of countryside regardless of ownership. This project provides a tool to inspire and enable the average rambler to challenge the limits of our legal access to the natural landscape of Ireland. It argues for legislative change to clearly define restrictions and expand public access to nature, ensuring long-term conservation and enjoyment of Ireland’s landscapes for all. 

Attuned

This project explores my personal connection to the ocean and its greater ecosystem—a place to disconnect from the pressures of digital life and reconnect with something primal and elemental. It frames sailing as not just a sport but a way of being, an act of kinship with the natural world. Through the obsessive attention required to read wind, tides, and weather patterns, I become part of a broader system where each action responds to nature’s subtle cues. The video captures this relationship between sailor, instrument, and nature. It follows a progression from technical precision toward a state of flow, a process of attunement to forces larger than ourselves.