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Brian Smale

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R.I.P Richie Havens
The Taylor Bridge Fire, near Cle Ellum, Washington destroyed 61 homes, and 23,000 acres of forest.  This young lady was part of a group of kids organized by Americorp volunteers that helped replant some of those trees.  Shot for USA Weekend Magazine.
Director Lynn Shelton, for the Directors Guild of America.
 This is the hardware that was used to stabilize the spine of an osteoporosis patient. 
From The Archives: In 1995 Spin Magazine asked me to photograph some of the Chain Gangs that were being used in Alabama prisons. Most prisoners were sentenced to about 3 months on the Chain Gang for parole violations. 
rational acrophobia |ˌˈraSHənlakrəˈfōbēə| noun  Fear of heights, based on or in accordance with reason or logic.  (eg. Sufferers may experience severe anxiety while dangling unharnessed in high winds, hundreds of feet over icy waters, searching for a good picture.) ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Greek akron ‘summit’ + -phobia.
Astoria, Oregon, for Smithsonian Magazine
I recently shot these three ads for Boston Scientific, for an interesting new treatment for patients who suffer from severe asthma. 
Tyler Hamilton is a former member of the US Postal Service Cycling Team, and author of ‘The Secret Race’, which details how all members of the team (yes, including Lance!) were able to use banned substances, and engage in blood doping without being caught.   This portrait was made near Hamilton’s new home, Missoula, Montana for the London Sunday Times.
Kari Bales, wife of Sgt. Robert Bales, who is accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians.  Photographed for People Magazine.
This was an ad for the Seattle Children’s Hospital, about a boy who wasn’t able to digest sucrose.
My son, Cavin,  who obviously didn’t inherit the Smale dance genes.