Brendan Smialowski
Brendan Smialowski is a photographer based in Washington, D.C, where he has created a large volume of work covering politics.
Brendan Smialowski
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- photographer
- Education
- University of Missouri
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Brendan Smialowski is a photographer based in Washington, D.C, where he has created a large volume of work covering politics.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Brendan Smialowski. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q4961099 · wikipedia · Brendan Smialowski
In this article
Biography
Born circa 1981, Smialowski studied ancient history at the University of Missouri. He is a photojournalist for Agence France-Presse since 2012. He has been covering Washington, D.C. politics and events since 2003. He specializes in digital photography and covers national and international news. While primarily a photojournalist, his work includes a variety of techniques including portrait photography. He regularly covers the White House and Capitol Hill and he has covered several US presidential campaigns, including the 2008 US presidential campaign. Smialowski's work can be seen in The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, Der Spiegel, Le Point, USA Today, The Washington Post, and many other publications. In January 2021, his photograph of Bernie Sanders sitting in a chair at the inauguration of Joe Biden went viral.
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Brendan Smialowski”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q4961099: Brendan Smialowski
General reference · Wikidata
Awards
• 2018 - 75th Pictures of the Year International competition: • - General News category: Award of Excellence • - News Picture Story category: Award of Excellence • 2018 - WHNPA Awards: • - Political Portfolio - First Place • - Domestic News - Second Place • - Picture Story/Politics - Third Place • - Sports Feature/Reaction - Award of Excellence • - Portfolio - Award of Excellence • 2017 - WHNPA Eyes of History Still Contest - First Place, Political Picture Story • 2015 - WHNPA Eyes of History Still Contest - Political Photo of the Year • 2010 - WHNPA Eyes of History, Capitol Hill Category, Editorial - First Place
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Getty Images: The Photographers.
- 2.Curtis, Tanner. Wire Photographer Spotlight: Political Perspective with Brendan Smialowski. Time. 8 October 2013.
- 3.Fazio, Marie. A Witness to History and Bernie Sanders in His Mittens. The New York Times. 2021-01-26. 0362-4331.
- 4.Keller, Ben. Exposed Interview: Brendan Smialowski, Photojournalist. Exposed DC. Ten Miles Square. 31 July 2014.
- 5.Information on Washington, DC freelance photographer Brendan Smialowski.
- 6.Dunlea, Reed. The Photographer Behind the Bernie Sanders Chair Meme Tells All. Rolling Stone. 2021-01-22.
- 7.Ryser, Rob. A Conn. photographer took the shot that became the Bernie Sanders mitten meme. The News-Times. 2021-01-21.
- 8.The mittens. Correspondent. 2021-01-23.
- 9.AFP receives six awards at Pictures of the Year International. Agence France-Presse. 23 February 2018.
- 10.Watson, Jim. Two AFP photographers awarded by the White House News Photographers Association. Agence France-Presse. 24 January 2018.
- 11.Brendan Smialowski Awarded First Place in Political Picture Story. The White House News Photographers Association.
- 12.Brendan Smialowski of Agence France-Presse awarded Political Photo of the Year. The White House News Photographers Association.
- 13.Win McNamee, Brendan Smialowski Top White House Photo Winners. NPPA The Voice of Visual Journalists. 10 February 2015.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Photography
11,392 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Brenda AgardPhotographer
- Brenda L CroftPhotographer
- Brendan FowlerPhotographer
- Brendan MullinPhotographer
- Breno CoelhoPhotographer
- Brent BolthousePhotographer
- Brent ChuaPhotographer
- Brent RenaudPhotographer
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Brendan Smialowski?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.