Nick Douglas Outs Scott Beale at SXSW 2007

During the “How to Rawk SXSW” panel on the first day of SXSW Interactive 2007, Nick Douglas is asked what who first-time attendees should try to meet while at the conference. Nick replies by telling everyone that they should find Scott Beale and have me shoot a portrait of them since Nick really likes how my photos come out. In fact, he says that I will make people “look like a Greek god” and they will want to use the photo in their online profiles. George Kelly was sitting next to me at the time and caught it all on video.

Scott Beale
Scott Beale

Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Bluesky and sharing photos on Instagram.