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Christmas Gift of ART & SOUL for Tim Daly

by Brian Smith on December 24, 2011

in Art & Soul

Check out The Daly Show: Episode 5 “The Daly Christmas” Written + Directed by Ben Shelton and starring Tim Daly and his son Sam Daly to see Tim get a copy of ART & SOUL from Sam. You can even get you own copy filled with inspiring messages about the arts from 123 stars. Just the perfect Christmas Gift for your budding superstar. You can even get your own copy of ART & SOUL signed by me if you stop by the Sony Store New York or Sony Store Century City.

Best part is that a portion of the proceeds from the book goes back to The Creative Coalition so they can continue to advocate for funding for the Arts. Talk about a gift that keeps on giving…

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A Holiday Gift to the Arts

by Brian Smith on December 19, 2011

in Art & Soul

Looking for a last minute Christmas Gift? Want to do something to support the arts? Here’s a way you can do both…

ART & SOUL is a 256-page over-sized coffee table book featuring portraits of 123 celebrities paired with their inspirational stories about how the arts has shaped their lives. The project, shot around the country over a 15-month period in partnership with The Creative Coalition and support of Sony, has been taken to Capitol Hill to lobby for Arts funding. The book feature portraits of many Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award-winners including Anne Hathaway, Kerry Washington, Patricia Arquette, Adrien Brody, Alyssa Milano, Adrian Grenier, Taraji P. Henson, Tony Bennett, Kelsey Grammer, Paula Abdul, Tim Daly, Taye Diggs and Samuel L. Jackson.

A portion of the proceeds goes to The Creative Coalition to promote Arts in Education.

Order your copy today: http://amzn.to/saveart!

Art & Soul available at Amazon.com
“So giant-size big…the book needs a grand piano, not a coffee table.” – CINDY ADAMS/NEW YORK POST

“When you look through the book, you’ll be reminded of why you became a creative artist in the first place. Seeing the magnificent portraits and reading the words of these enormously talented performers can’t help but inspire you.” – DIGITAL PHOTO PRO

“There were prints that were so beautiful they may as well have been paintings.” – CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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ART & SOUL AVAILABLE ON AMAZON!

by Brian Smith on October 6, 2011

in Art & Soul

After two years and over 25,000 photographs, my first book, ‘Art & Soul: Stars Unite to Celebrate and Support the Arts’ is NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON. Just in time for National Arts Month, ART & SOUL is a wonderful way to support the arts. A generous portion of the proceeds from the book will go to advocate funding of the Arts and Arts Education through The Creative Coalition, a nonprofit, nonpartisan social and public advocacy organization of the arts and entertainment community. Founded in 1989 by prominent members of the creative community, The Creative Coalition is dedicated to educating its members on issues of public importance.

Through generous support from Sony, the ART & SOUL arts advocacy project features my portraits of artists from the entertainment industry accompanied by handwritten personal testimonials from each artist expressing the importance of the arts education in our culture and the positive impact the arts has on our lives. The project was twice taken to Capitol Hill to rally support for funding the arts and arts education.

Artists photographed for ‘Art & Soul’ include Adrian Grenier, Adrien Brody, Alan Cumming, Alfre Woodard, Alyssa Milano, Amanda Peet, Anne Hathaway, Barry Bostwick, Ben Vareen, Chazz Palminteri, Cheryl Hines, Chris Botti, Dana Delany, David Hyde Pierce, Debi Mazar, Dule Hill, Eddie Griffin, Jr., Ellen Burstyn, Evan Handler, Fisher Stevens, Harry Belafonte, Hill Harper, J. Alexander, James Denton, Jamie Kennedy, Jason Ritter, Jesse Williams, Joe Mantegna, Joel Schumaker, Josh Radnor, John Turturro, Kelsey Grammer, Kerry Washington, Lynn Whitfield, Marlon Wayans, Matthew Modine, Melissa Manchester, Mo’Nique, Oliver Platt, Omar Epps, Patricia Arquette, Paula Abdul, Peter Gallagher, Richard Belzer, Samuel L Jackson, Spike Lee, Steven Weber, Taraji P Henson, Taye Diggs, Tim Daly, Tony Bennett and Wendie Malick.

ART & SOUL is the cornerstone of a grassroots campaign to focus national attention on the need to ensure that arts in America thrive and flourish. A preview of the project was shown at the Library of Congress in May 2010.

ART & SOUL is a wonderful way for those of us lucky enough to make a living from the arts to have an opportunity to show our support and give back.

Order yours today at: http://amzn.to/saveart

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Art & Soul Goes to Sundance

by Brian Smith on January 18, 2010

in Art & Soul

I’m headed to Park City, Utah to the Sundance Film Festival from January 22-25th to shoot more celebrity portraits for The Creative Coalition’s ‘Art & Soul’ project. The arts advocacy project is the cornerstone of a grassroots campaign to focus national attention on the need to ensure that arts in America thrive and flourish. It has been used to successfully lobby Congress and the White House for increased funding for the arts and arts education. Over 120 celebrities have been photographed to date. This has been one of the greatest projects that I’ve ever been involved with. It’s a great thing for those of us lucky enough to make a living from the arts to have an opportunity to show our support and give back.

Best of all, I get to hang out with my friends from The Creative Coalition, Robin Bronk, Barbara Horvath, Briana Mulherin and co-presidents Tim Daly and Dana Delany. The Creative Coalition is a nonprofit, nonpartisan social and public advocacy organization of the arts and entertainment community. Founded in 1989 by prominent members of the creative community, The Creative Coalition is dedicated to educating its members on issues of public importance.

11:00am – 4:00pm Daily: Friday, January 22, 2010 – Monday, January 25, 2010
Art & Soul Center: The Sky Lodge Penthouse, 201 Heber Avenue, Park City, Utah

Generous support provided by:

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So…Did You Meet the President?

by Brian Smith on May 20, 2009

in People Photography

After mentioning that I went to Washington. D.C. with the Creative Coalition to take my book ‘Art & Soul’ to Capitol Hill to lobby for support of the arts, everyone asks the same question, “So…did you meet the President?”

Unfortunately the answer to that is no.

Though it’s true that President Barak Obama received copy number 1 of 1,000 of the book hand-delivered by White House Arts Liaison, Kareem Dale. But for now, that meeting was closest I came to the President himself. So I’ll just have to settle for the bling version:

God and Country“God and Country”

I shot this at the 15th anniversary party for Slip-n-Slide Records. I’d photographed celebrity portraits of Slip-n-Slide CEO Ted Lucas and their recording artists a few years earlier for The Source magazine. So when their big rolled around, they invited me to party with them at the Victor Hotel. I decided to just roll up light with a Sony a900 camera, 24-70/2.8 and HVL-F58AM Flash and as soon as I spotted this Rhinestone Obama on a T-shirt of one of the other guests, I was sure glad I did.

That’s why it’s always good to have a camera with you. Good things happen when you have a camera…

EQUIPMENT:
Sony a900 camera
Sony Zeiss 24-70/2.8
Sony HVL-F58AM Flash

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