Brian Smith, USA, 1959, is most known for his celebrity portrait photography. When looking at his collection we see a vast number of Hollywood stars portrayed by Smith. Recently he has been working on a project called Art & Soul. Portraits of celebrities with personal notes on how exposure to arts positively impacted their lives. These photographs will be collected in a coffee table book and was already presented to the White House to lobby for more funding for the arts and art education.
On his website we find a large number of portraits in the category Fine Art, displaying once again the large number of people that have worked with Brian.
500 photographers is a weblog that posts 5 active photographers a week for 100 weeks. The photographers can be from any discipline within the photographic range, but they have to be worth looking at and have a certain level of quality. When we get to number 500, we will have a deep database of great photographers.
500 photographers is done by Pieter Wisse, a photographer himself based in Rotterdam, NL and owner of Four Eyes Photography & Art, a gallery and bookstore that publishesFour Eyes Photography Magazine and recently published I believe in 88, the photography book by Pieter Wisse.
100 weeks from the start (April 5, 2010) this weblog will be finished and done. It will then only be here with the function of being an archive of amazing photographers of the 21st century.
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2 reacties:
I love the Brian Smith post! I too am a big fan of Brian's ability to capture iconic images.
Thanks Pieter,
Matthew Jordan Smith
Love your concept Pieter, awesome stuff!
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