Brian Smith

Miami photographer Brian Smith is the luckiest guy on the planet. He won a Pulitzer Prize at 25, he's told Bill Gates exactly what to do for an entire hour, appeared on The X Factor, exhibited at the Library of Congress, dined with the President and 3,000 of their closest friends, shared cupcakes with Anne Hathaway, gotten drunk with George Clooney and married the most beautiful woman he ever laid eyes on...

PDN Faces 2010 Winner

And a drumroll please…Six of my Burlesque portraits won in the Celebrity/Editorial Portrait Category of PDN’s Faces 2010 Competition. The July 2010 Photo District News includes photos of Candy Carmelo and Kitten DeVille. The rest of the winning entry includes Dirty Martini, Roxi DLite, April March and the Chicago Starlets. My thanks to the lovely […]

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PhotoShelter Shout-Out

Nice Shout-Out from Grover Sanschagrin of PhotoShelter with his PhotoShelter Blog post about X-Rite’s behind-the-scenes video “Brian Smith: Color and Burlesque” which shows an inside look at one of my burlesque photo shoots. Thanks for the love, PhotoShelter! PhotoShelter is the ultimate destination to host your online photo archive or to secure any images you

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X-Rite Ad in July PDN

Opened up my July 2010 issue of Photo District News to a fine X-Rite ad featuring me with the lovely burlesque legend Angie Pontani. My mission for the month continues: Burlesque, EVERYWHERE you look…

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X-Rite Video Salute to Burlesque

HUGE THANKS to Ab “Scorsese” Sesay of the MAC Group for this fantastic behind-the-scenes look of my shoot with Burlesque dancers Angie Pontani, Amber Ray, Gal Friday, Jo Boobs Weldon, Peekaboo Pointe, Darlinda Just Darlinda and Bunny Love the latest additions to my Legends of Burlesque project which dates back to a 1993 shoot of

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Blurberati Interviews Brian Smith

As the Deadline quickly approaches for Blurb’s Photography Book Now Competition, Suzanne Caballero Knowlton of Blurb interviewed me for the Blurberati Blog about what makes a great photo book with shout outs to Elliott Erwitt, Irving Penn, Albert Watson, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Sebastião Salgado and publishers Steidl, Tashcen, teNeues and Assouline. I’m happy to

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