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Eyes and Hearts for Haiti

by Brian Smith on February 26, 2010

in Brian Smith, Charities, Miami, Photography

A Big Shout Out to Howie Shneyer of Aperture Studios Miami for putting together Eyes and Hearts for Haiti – a silent auction to raise money for Haitian Earthquake relief! All proceeds of the auction will donated to: friendsoftheorphans.org

Come out Friday March 12, 2010 to bid on great prints from: Greg Gorman, Bill Pierce, David Carol, Alan Kaplan, Gaetano Mansi, Jamie Hankin, Dana Tynan, Andrew Tyrek, William Coupon, Brad Trent, Brian Smith, PF Bentley, Barry Kulick, Antoine Verglas, Andre Plessel, Markus Klinko, Douglas Kirkland, Elliott Landy, Jose Gaytan, Ira Block, Dirk Franke, Joe Szkodzinski, Henry Diltz, Paul Morris, Troy Word, Jim Britt, Darryl Strawser, Greg Watermann, George Holz, Joe Gato, John Huba, Al Satterwhite, Laura Tillinghast, Ken Regan, Richard Patterson, James Kamp, Neal Preston, Richard Corman, Louie Psihoyos, Jodie Sinclair, April Dolkar, Jeff Licata, John Eder, Charles Trainor, Tom Bolinger, Roy Gumpel, Bill Frakes, Cheryl Maeder, Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte, Gus Butera, Dania Graibe, Mark Chin, Howie Shneyer, Martin Rogers, Danny Clinch, Ross Whitaker, David Burnett, Arthur Elgort, Jim Marshall, David Senatra, Michael Dakota, Peggy Sirota, Steve Sanacore, Bob Gothard, Jeffrey Salter, Janette Beckman, Deborah Feingold, Arthur Grace, Steven White, Blasius Erlinger, Robert Holland, Nancy Nolan, Jules Allen, John C. Engelhardt, Jaime Kahn, Jesse Frohman, Anne Day, Samantha Scott, Patrick Farrell, Robert Erdmann, Carl Juste, James McEntee, Luca Babini, Dean Isidro, Wayne Maser

Tagged as: Al Satterwhite, Alan Kaplan, Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte, Andre Plessel, Andrew Tyrek, Anne Day, Antoine Verglas, April Dolkar, Arthur Elgort, Arthur Grace, Auction, Barry Kulick, Bill Frakes, Bill Pierce, Blasius Erlinger, Bob Gothard, Brad Trent, Brian Smith, Carl Juste, Charity, Charles Trainor, Cheryl Maeder, Dana Tynan, Dania Graibe, Danny Clinch, Darryl Strawser, David Burnett, David Carol, David Senatra, Dean Isidro, Deborah Feingold, Dirk Franke, Douglas Kirkland, Elliott Landy, Friends of the Orphans, friendsoftheorphans.org, Gaetano Mansi, George Holz, Greg Gorman, Greg Watermann, Gus Butera, Haiti, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Henry Diltz, Howie Shneyer, Ira Block, Jaime Kahn, James Kamp, James McEntee, Jamie Hankin, Janette Beckman, Jeff Licata, Jeffrey Salter, Jesse Frohman, Jim Britt, Jim Marshall, Jodie Sinclair, Joe Gato, Joe Szkodzinski, John C. Engelhardt, John Eder, John Huba, Jose Gaytan, Jules Allen, Ken Regan, Laura Tillinghast, Louie Psihoyos, Luca Babini, Mark Chin, Markus Klinko, Martin Rogers, Michael Dakota, Nancy Nolan, Neal Preston, Patrick Farrell, Paul Morris, Peggy Sirota, PF Bentley, Photography, Richard Corman, Richard Patterson, Robert Erdmann, Robert Holland, Ross Whitaker, Roy Gumpel, Samantha Scott, Steve Sanacore, Steven White, Tom Bolinger, Troy Word, Wayne Maser, William Coupon

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Double Helping of Bad News for UK Photographers

by Brian Smith on February 17, 2010

in Copyright, Editorial Photography, Magazine Photography, Media, Photography

The Copyright Action website details the ugly truth behind two possible changes to UK copyright laws. Going a step beyond the ugly-enough Orphan Works bill proposed in the U.S. last year, the British version essentially strips away rights of creators:

“The quaint notion that the author alone has prime and inalienable rights over his/her own work, must be able to restrict usage, negotiate a fee, prevent usage they consider immoral or distasteful, or assert their moral right to attribution, is about to pass into history. This is the biggest change in UK copyright law in 150 years. It also punches holes through the Berne agreement, international copyright law and TRIPS.”

Making bad news even worse, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is proposing a new code for personal information online that is a virtual ban on public photography which ONLY applies to professional photographers:

“Mindful of the damage this would do to tourism and how much it would piss off Joe Public to be told he can’t use his cameraphone in the street to make humiliating snaps of his drunk mates for Facebook (and quite possibly subsequent orphan use by Rupert Murdoch), ICO have decided that this lunacy shall only apply to pro photographers, a small enough constituency to castrate with impunity.”

Worst Bills Ever!

Tagged as: Copyright, Copyright Action, Editorial Photography, England, Orphan Works, Public Photography, Street Photography, UK, United Kingdon

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Linda Troeller in the House

by Brian Smith on February 4, 2010

in Photographers, Photography

On her last visit to Florida, my friend, fine art photographer Linda Troeller stopped by our house with the husband Lothar. I’d promised Linda that I would shoot a portrait of her for her new book. Somehow, by the end of the night, Lothar was looking quite Grace Jones…

Tagged as: Chelsea Hotel, Fine Art Photographer, Linda Troeller, Lothar Troeller, Photographer

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Instantly GaGa for Polaroid

by Brian Smith on January 8, 2010

in Celebrity Photography, Photography

Meet P-P-P-Polaroid’s new Creative Director….Lady GaGa…..

Bound to be a p-p-p-popular move with all the p-p-p-paparazzi

Tagged as: Lady GaGa, Polaroid

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One Case Silent Auction

by Brian Smith on January 7, 2010

in Charities, Photography

I’ve donated a print for tonight’s support the One Case silent auction for Breast Cancer helping one freelancer at a time. The proceeds will be donated to a selected freelancer in need of medical funding. There will be an extended online auction on artnet.com for one week after the silent auction to post any unsold prints.

The unfortunate financial bracket that many freelancers fall into leaves them to fend for themselves with medical bills. One Case hopes to make a difference one person at a time…

Stop by if you can, the auction hosted by Resource Magazine is at Milk Studios:

7-11pm Thursday January 7th 2010
Milk Gallery, 450 W.15th St. NYC

Here is the link to the online catalog so you can have a sneak peek at some the amazing images that have been donated for a great cause.

Tagged as: Breast Cancer, One Case silent auction, Photography, Resource Magazine

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