PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS
PORTRAITS OF CELEBRITIES, ATHLETES AND EXECUTIVES BY MIAMI CELEBRITY PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER BRIAN SMITH
It’s kinda cool when you’re watching 60 Minutes and all of a sudden one of your photos fills the screen like this Sports Illustrated Cover of NFL Agent Drew Rosenhaus for a profile on the Miami superagent, but hey 60 Minutes, how bout a little love?
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As Miami prepares for Art Basel, Photo Miami, Art Miami, PULSE and a plethora of Art fairs, I give a Big Shout Out of THANKS to PDN’s Holly Hughes and Connor Risch for interviewing me about the Miami Photography scene for their Photo District News Miami City Guide.
Thanks PDN!
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The Miami Heat retired the jersey of one of my favorite Heat players All-Star point guard Tim Hardaway at their NBA home opener against the New York Knicks. I always enjoyed watching Hardaway on the court and had lots of fun photographing Hardaway for an ESPN the Magazine article on his killer ankle-breaking-UTEP-two-step-crossover-dribble…
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Dwyane Wade, aka D-Wade, aka god, ended his playoff run far to early for a basketball god who single-handedly turned around his franchise’s fortunes on his thanks to one of the greatest seasons in NBA history. All that’s left is to praise the greatness he showed averaging 30.2 ppg for a team that offered little supporting cast. So please enjoy my favorite D-Wade photo.
I shot this image of D-Wade right before the start of the 2006 NBA finals where he single-handedly ripped the Dallas Mavericks to shreds. (Sorry about that M-Cube, but you know it’s true…)
I love this photo, but the story behind it’s even better. D-Wade and I had just wrapped a shoot right before game one of the NBA finals and even though he was sweating out a 104º fever, I pleaded for one more shot – just for us. So we did a series against a black background in the bathroom of Dwyane’s Pinecrest mansion. Dwyane’s little sister was with us on the shoot and forget whatever you think about NBA stars – little sisters are little sisters – no matter how famous you may be. As I shot his photo, she laughed in the face of my NBA god with a little-sister taunt of “You know he does that thing with his eyebrow and calls it Sexy D-Wade.”
If I didn’t already idolize everything about the dude before, getting called out by his little sister pretty much wrapped it up.
Thanks for a great season D-Wade!
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When actor Leslie Nielson suggested wearing a tuxedo for a poolside cover shoot for the March 007 issue of Draft magazine, I couldn’t help but think of Connery, Sean Connery at the Fountainbleau pool in ‘Goldfinger.’ So Nielson got his lager served in a manner befitting a secret agent. Martini Glass and Grooming from my wife, the fab stylist Fazia Ali.
Days like these are what make magazine photography the best gig on the planet…
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