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...

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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What’s New in WordPress 3.0

For all you Bloggers out there, founding developer of WordPress Matt Mullenweg has posted his 2010 State of the Word speech at WordCamp in San Francisco to bigger geeks than you. But now thanks to this swell embedded video, you too can hear what’s new in WordPress 3.0 and what’s ahead in the WordPress Roadmap

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500 Photographers

BIG THANKS to Pieter Wisse for featuring Brian Smith as today’s photographer on his 500 Photographers photo blog. Peter is profiling five of the world’s top photographers a week for 100 weeks. It’s a very clever way of compiling the work of 500 photographers and shucks, I’m very honored to be Photographer #041… 500 Photographers

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Say “NO” to NYC $300 Film Permit Application Processing Fee

Please join all the major photography trade organizations by saying “NO” to the NYC Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting (MOFTB) plan to assess a $300 fee for film permit application processing. This is three hundred buck whether you’re doing a three month-long feature film with a crew of hundreds or a 15-minute still

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