Buzz Foto
{{Short description|Photo agency based in Los Angeles, founded by Brad Elterman and Henry Flores}}
{{COI|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Buzz Foto
| logo = Buzzfoto_SUPERBIG_Logo_with_Brand.png
| logo_size = 200px
| type = Private
| founder = Brad Elterman
Henry Flores
| defunct =
| location_city = Beverly Hills, California
| location_country = U.S.
| founded = {{Start date and age|2006|06|01}}
| area_served = Worldwide
| homepage = {{URL|buzzfoto.com}}
}}
Buzz Foto is a photo agency based in Los Angeles, California, founded by photojournalists Brad Elterman and Henry Flores.{{cite news |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjoostCc8U0 |title= BuzzFoto Video Podcast Episode 01 - Brad Elterman and Henry Flores Biography |author= Brad Elterman and Henry Flores |accessdate= December 6, 2009 |date= December 6, 2009}}{{cite news |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LndNNElb7Gk |title= BuzzFoto Video Podcast Episode 02 - Paparazzi As An Art Form! |author= Brad Elterman and Henry Flores |accessdate= December 6, 2009 |date= December 6, 2009}}
Buzz Foto is a producer and aggregator of editorial and creative photography, celebrity news and celebrity video footage. Buzz Foto has an online archive, a Media Grid based on Adobe Flash, of approximately one million images and digital assets.{{cite web |url=http://www.formativeinnovations.com/About/Blog/Post.aspx?ID=4 |title=Buzz Foto Targets Bloggers |author=Formative Innovations |accessdate=2009-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711071510/http://www.formativeinnovations.com/About/Blog/Post.aspx?ID=4 |archive-date=2010-07-11 |url-status=dead }}
Buzz Foto serves a large base of newspapers, magazines, web portals, television stations, book publishers, and e-media clients around the world.[http://blog.melchersystem.com/2009/03/08/its-crazy-indeed/ "its-crazy-indeed By Paul Melcher"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925035708/http://blog.melchersystem.com/2009/03/08/its-crazy-indeed/ |date=2011-09-25 }} Thoughts of a Bohemian - Another Photo Industry blog
Buzz Foto held the first modern day paparazzi exhibition at the Seyhoun Gallery in Beverly Hills, California, USA.[http://www.tmz.com/2008/02/02/paparazzi-art-grab-bag/ "TMZ.Com Paparazzi Art Grab Bag!"] TMZ.Com Paparazzi Art Grab Bag!{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzfoto.com/HTML/Events_PressRelease/080119_PressRelease_FirstGalleryShow2008_PaparazziAsAnArtForm.htm |title=Buzz Foto - Paparazzi As An Art Form! |author=PRNewswire |accessdate=2008-01-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122191120/http://www.buzzfoto.com/HTML/Events_PressRelease/080119_PressRelease_FirstGalleryShow2008_PaparazziAsAnArtForm.htm |archivedate=2008-01-22 }}{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4330198 |title=ABC News - Paparazzi Photos as High Art - L.A. gallery exhibits some of the best celebrity photographs |author=ABC News |website=ABC News |accessdate=2008-02-22}}{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzfoto.com/HTML/Events_PressRelease/070508_PressRelease_PaparazziAsAnArtForm.htm |title=Paparazzi As An Art Form! |author=PRNewswire |accessdate=2007-05-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028065645/http://www.buzzfoto.com/HTML/Events_PressRelease/070508_PressRelease_PaparazziAsAnArtForm.htm |archivedate=2007-10-28 }}
History
Buzz Foto was founded in 2006 by Brad Elterman and Henry Flores. In 2007, they debuted their brand "Paparazzi As An Art Form!" in a televised interview on Extra{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzfoto.com/2007/05/video/extra-tv-thank-you/ |title=ExtraTV Present Buzz Foto - Paparazzi As An Art Form! |author=Extra TV |accessdate=2007-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217102310/http://www.buzzfoto.com/2007/05/video/extra-tv-thank-you |archive-date=2009-12-17 |url-status=dead }}
Following that, ABC News did its first presentation on Buzz Foto. ABC presented the owners teaching a Parsons student, Justin Campbell. Campbell was ready for his first paparazzi experience on Stephen Colbert as Colbert made his way to his car after giving a presentation at a New York City Apple Inc. Store.{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3766328 |title=ABC News - A Peek at the Paparazzi - An inside look of the lives of these controversial photographers |author=ABC News |website=ABC News |accessdate=2007-10-24}}
In 2008, Buzz Foto was exhibited at the Seyhoun Gallery, owned by Maryam Seyhoun in West Hollywood, California, for its first paparazzi exhibition.{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3766328 |title= Seyhoun Gallery |author= Maryam Seyhoun |website= ABC News |accessdate=2008-01-14}}{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-paparazzi-art-idUSN1517607220080216 |title=LA gallery portrays paparazzi photos as art form |author= Jill Serjeant |accessdate= February 15, 2008 |date= February 15, 2008}} Seyhoun jumped at the idea of featuring this type of art, because in her words, "It is art!"
Christine N. Ziemba, a correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, argued that "Paparazzi As An Art Form" may not fly, ending the article with "Don't laugh too hard. Andy Warhol's 'Gold Marilyn Monroe' now hangs at the Museum of Modern Art."{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzfoto.com/HTML/Events_PressRelease/080203_LATimes_Calender_GalleryShow.htm |title=ABC News - A Peek at the Paparazzi - An inside look of the lives of these controversial photographers |author=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=2008-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207111313/http://www.buzzfoto.com/HTML/Events_PressRelease/080203_LATimes_Calender_GalleryShow.htm |archive-date=2008-02-07 |url-status=dead }}
The First Modern Day Paparazzi Exhibition ran from February 16–21, 2008, during which ABC News did another interview with Elterman and Flores.
Exhibits
- Seyhoun Gallery – Paparazzi As An Art Form! by Buzz Foto, Brad Elterman, and Henry Flores, February 15, 2008 – February 21, 2008 Beverly Hills, CA
- Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles inside the Paparazzi Restaurant – A Day in the Life of the Paparazzi! by Henry Flores, July 1, 2010–present El Segundo, CA{{cite news |url= https://www.prlog.org/11822093-controversial-paparazzi-book-featured-at-one-of-top-10-best-italian-restaurants-inside-sheraton-lax.html |title=Controversial Paparazzi Book Featured at One of Top 10 Best Italian Restaurants Inside Sheraton LAX |author= Buzz Foto and Sheraton LAX |accessdate= March 12, 2012 |date= March 12, 2012}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100806155540/http://www.buzzfoto.com/ BuzzFoto.com (Official site)]
- [http://mediagrid.buzzfoto.com/ BuzzFoto's Official Media Grid (Official Site)]
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/BuzzFoto Buzz Foto YouTube (Official YouTube Page)]
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Category:Companies based in Los Angeles
Category:Mass media companies established in 2006