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...

Editorial Photogrpahers Announces 2009 EP Education Grant Winners

Editorial Photographers is pleased to announce the winners of the 2nd Annual EP Education Grants student photo competition: Leah Tepper-Byrne – ICP Theresa Juarez – Academy of Art University, SF ValJean Anderson – Academy of Art University, SF Eliot Crowley – Academy of Art University, SF Ross Feighery – Columbia College, Chicago Samuel James – […]

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The Other Side of Fame

Does this look fun? Fame is a funny thing. A lot of notions about fame and celebrity are based on which side of the velvet rope you find yourself. There’s a great scene in Barry Levinson’s “PoliWood” where two actors shoot down any notion that Hollywood celebrities are motivated by the desire for photo ops.

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EP Education Grant Deadline May 30th, 2009

The entry deadline for Editorial Photographers’ Second Annual EP Education Grants student photo competition is TOMORROW, May 30, 2009. A total of seven prize packages are available to full time photography students who enter and submit their portfolio by the deadline. Each package includes a $1000 cash prize, a ThinkTank Urban Disguise 30 camera bag,

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Hideki Matsui photographed by Brian Smith

Hideki Matsui

Last week I was in New York riding the subway uptown with a train filled with Yankees fans which reminded me of a shoot I did last year of Hideki Matsui at spring training. Covering Hideki is really quite a scene. Hideki is Japanese Elvis. There are more sports photographers following Hideki than covering the

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Thanks Lou!

Lou Lesko of BlinkBid pimped me out today on the Livebooks blog about the future of editorial photography. I don’t necessarily share Lou’s views about encouraging blogs to use of your photos for free, unless, of course, the blogs are about with one of my two favorite subjects: photography and me… Yet I certainly agree

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