Tempest Storm

Requiem for a Burlesque Legend RIP Tempest Storm

Burlesque Legend Tempest Storm photographed at Exotic World, Helendale, California 1993 I first met Tempest Storm though our mutual friend Dixie Evans. We had photographed Dixie at her Helendale, California ‘Exotic World’ ranch in early 1993. After the shoot, I began looking at the rows of publicity photos by ‘Bruno of Hollywood’ and was struck by how […]

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Tempest Storm’s Las Vegas Burlesque Review

Imagine for a moment that you could watch Picasso paint…calculate the Theory of Relativity with Einstein…dunk on Michael Jordan…or have a beer with Hemingway while he penned a novel…Well, if you’re in BostonSunday, Nov 14 2010, you’re in LUCK. You can watch a true LEGEND in action when Tempest Storm takes the stage as her

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American Photo Salutes Burlesque Photography

What day would be complete without another post about Burlesque photography? American Photo has become the latest magazine to profile my photographs of burlesque with a fantastic article “The New Burlesque” by Franklin Melendez in their July/August 2010 issue. The article features my burlesque portrait photography from 1993 photos of burlesque legends Dixie Evans and

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Burlesque Legends Dixie Evans and Dee Milo

Burlesque Daily Interview

Burlesque Daily Interview of Photographer Brian Smith by Jo “Boobs” Weldon, Founder and Headmistress of the New York School of Burlesque. Q. How did you become interested in photographing burlesque and what was the first burlesque photo you took? After a decade of shooting Olympics, Superbowls, NBA FInals and conflict in Haiti, I was transitioning

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