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ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER BRIAN SMITH

Miami Celebrity Portrait Photographer Brian Smith

Celebrity portrait photographer Brian Smith is the luckiest guy on the planet. He won a Pulitzer Prize at 25, told Bill Gates exactly what to do for an entire hour, appeared on The X Factor, exhibited at the Library of Congress, dined with President Barack Obama, hung with Richard Branson on Necker Island, got drunk with George Clooney, shared cupcakes with Anne Hathaway and married the most beautiful woman he ever laid eyes on..

For the past 30 years, Brian Smith’s iconic portraits of famous celebrities, athletes and executives have been used in advertising, by corporations and have graced the covers and pages of hundreds of magazines including Sports Illustrated, ESPN the Magazine, Time, Forbes, New York Times Magazine, Elle and British GQ.
His first magazine photograph appeared in LIFE Magazine when Smith was a 20-year-old student at the University of Missouri. Five years later, Smith won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography for his photographs of the Los Angeles Olympic Games. He was again a finalist for the Pulitzer for his photographs of Haiti in Turmoil. His photograph of Greg Louganis hitting his head on the diving board at the Seoul Olympics won first place in both World Press Photo and the Pictures of the Year competition.
AWARDS

Pulitzer Prize
World Press Photo
Communication Arts Awards
American Photography
Pictures of the Year
Best of Photojournalism
PDN Photography Annual
One Eyeland Awards
American Photo New Faces
AltPick Awards
PDN Faces
California News Photographer of the Year

BOOKS

Art & Soul
Secrets of Great Portrait Photography
Sony A7 Series: Snapshots to Great Shots.

EXHIBITIONS

Library of Congress
Museum of Natural History
Aperture Gallery
Chelsea Art Museum
SNAP! Orlando
W Los Angeles
Jorge H. Hulian Gallery
Steven Weiss Gallery

FEATURED IN

American Photo
After/Capture
Communication Arts
City & Shore
Digital Photo Pro
Digital Photographer (UK)
Emerging Photographer
Photo District News
Professional Photographer
Popular Photography
Rangefinder Magazine
Inside Edge
Sony Artisan of Imagery
Profoto Legend of Light
X-Rite Coloratti
Adobe Influencer

SOCIAL MEDIA

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TELEVISION APPEARANCES

The X Factor
Fine Living Network
Israel Channel 1

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Advertising & Editorial Photographer

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