Commercial & Editorial Photography
Paul Smith.
Editorial photography for brands, founders, and magazine covers since 2009.
Selected Covers, 2011–2024
Six covers from a working archive of forty-plus — spanning Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired, and Fast Company.
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Vogue
2022
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GQ
2023
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Vanity Fair
2021
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Wired
2024
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Fast Company
2024
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The New Yorker
2019
Recent Work
A short strip of recent commercial and editorial assignments.
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Miles Apart — Nike
Nike · 2024
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Field Repair — Patagonia
Patagonia · 2024
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Suite Studies — Ace Hotel
Ace Hotel Group · 2023
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The Last Lunch — The New Yorker
The New Yorker · 2023
The Roster & The Citations
Trusted by
A repeat-client roster that returns year after year. Approximately 80% of new business arrives by referral.
- Nike
- Patagonia
- The New Yorker
- Ace Hotel Group
- Vogue
- GQ
- Vanity Fair
- Wired
- Fast Company
- Apple
Recognition
- Communication Arts Photography Annual
- APA Advertising Photographer of the Year
- PDN's 30 Photographers to Watch
- Guest Critic, Yale MFA Photo
- Featured Lecturer, ICP & SVA
- 40+
- Magazine covers since 2011
- 142
- Commercial campaigns shipped in 2024
- 38
- Editorial features shipped in 2024
- 4.9 / 5
- Average client rating, 380+ projects
Paul runs the room. Casting, location, lighting, retouch — one point of contact, no agency markup. We commissioned him for a six-city campaign and walked away with a finished library, not a folder of RAW files.
Design Director, Global Brand Ace Hotel Group
How a Project Moves
Four steps from first email to final archive. The studio is small by design — every commission is handled in-house by an eight-person crew out of a 1,400 sq ft daylight studio in Brooklyn.
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Chapter 01
Inquiry
A short email or a scheduled call. We listen for the brief, the audience, the deliverable list, and the dates that already won't move. You'll hear back within two business days.
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Chapter 02
Pre-Production & Casting
A producer on staff handles casting, location, permits, and crew. You receive a single scope document and a single budget — no agency markup, no surprise line items.
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Chapter 03
Shoot Day
Two first assistants, a digital tech, and Profoto Pro-11 packs on a permanent cyc wall. Editorial clients receive preview selects within 48 hours.
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Chapter 04
Delivery & Archive
A fully retouched library lands in ten business days, ingested into a 180,000-frame working archive that is tagged, rights-managed, and ready for the next brief.
Studio Inquiries
Have a brief? Send it over.
The studio books projects four to eight weeks out. The earlier the conversation, the better the calendar.
Start a ProjectOr write directly — [email protected] · +1 (212) 555-0184