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.
Riya

Riya Launch Party Photos

Riya, a facial recognition photo search service, had it’s alpha launch party tonight at the Tech Crunch headquarters in Atherton. This location has been the…

Flock

Flock Dedication Photos

San Francisco artist Michael Christian’s beautiful and surreal 42 foot high sculpture “Flock” (not to be confused with the open source browser by the same…

Photoboof!

Photoboof! Photos

Wrybread’s wonderful Photoboof! made a surprise appearance at the Laughing Squid 10th Anniversary Party last Saturday. It’s a mobile art cart with a built-in photo…

Carlton Draught's 'Big Ad'

Carlton Draught’s ‘Big Ad’

Australian brewery Carlton Draught’s “Big Ad” commercial has been making its way around the interweb. There is no doubt that “it’s a big ad, very…

Charles Gatewood

Charles Gatewood ‘Rags to Riches’

Legendary underground photographer Charles Gatewood has a new solo show of his haunting “Wall Street” photos from the 70’s called “Rags to Riches” coming up…

Roboexotica

Roboexotica

Roboexotica takes place this week (November 16th through 20th) at the Freiraum in the MuseumsQuartier of Vienna. Produced by our friends at monochrom, along with…

St. Stupid's Day Parade

Laughing Squid Slideshow

I’ve created a special slideshow of 600 photos I have shot at various events over the last 4 years (including many that are up on…