About

Rebecca Smeyne has been creating memorable depictions of cultural scenes and parties since 2005.  She has covered thousands of events, and her images have been a regular presence on the pages of the New York Times for over a decade. Previously, she was on the mastheads of Spin and Paper Magazines. Her first photo job was shooting the Village Voice’s Sound of the City column, which she did at an obsessive pace from 2007-2011.

Recognition 

Inclusion in the American Photography Annual (10 times), the PDN Annual, the New York Times Styles Year in Photos (8 times), CNN's Year in Photos, The Cut’s Photos of the Year, and a Society of Publication Designers Medal

Education

Columbia University, B.A., Sociology

Clients

Editorial: The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine, Wired, New York Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, Architectural Digest, GQ Style, Entertainment Weekly, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Financial Times Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Vice, Glamour, Playboy, the Cut, Vulture, Bustle Media Group, Fader, MTV, Spin, Paper, Village Voice, Lufthansa Magazine, Grazia

Brand: Under Armour, Adidas, Make Up For Ever, Anine Bing, Bumble, Happy Monday (Amazon, Spotify, Nike, Veuve Cliquot, Dom Perignon), Russell Westbook Enterprises,  Mastercard, Amex, Hewlett-Packard, Peloton, Red Bull, Budweiser, Bacardi,  Casa Dragones, Persol, Bose, Bandier, Elizabeth Arden, Sunglass Hut, Simplehuman, Pinterest, Twitter, YouTube, the Seinfeld Family, Ariana DeBose, Kelsea Ballerini, Nicole Richie

Arts: BAM, Brooklyn Museum, Pioneerworks, Performance Space, New York Historical Society, Guggenheim Museum