Original sentence: Gary Mark Smith (born April 27, 1956) is an American street photographer noted for his work in hazardous environments and empathetic style
Edited sentence: Gary Mark Smith (born April 27, 1956) is an innovative American global street photographer whose style is distinguished from other contemporary street photography masters of his time by his skill at accessing the most dangerous historical streets of his era, by his evolved global range, and by his empathetic rather than cynical or satirical approaches to subject portrayal  - achieved by going to great lengths to deliberately capture literal composition in his work