Ralston Smith is a Brooklyn, New York based Creative Producer (Director, Still Photographer, Videographer, Video Editor) and Content Marketing Consultant specializing in helping creatives, entrepreneurs, brands and organizations tell their stories, document their events, and market their campaigns. His areas of focus include themes around music, culture, liberation, education, social justice, and entrepreneurship.
Ralston has over 20 years experience and has worked with musicians such as Prince, Outkast, Little Dragon, Tamar-Kali, Gregory Porter, Robert Glasper, Bloc Party and Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott); created content for brands/organizations such as AfricanAncestry.com, Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), Studio Museum of Harlem, Samsung, Skift, Society of Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD), and School Readiness Consulting (SRC); shot internationally in countries such as Cuba, Cameroon, Ghana, and Anguilla; and has had his work licensed or distributed in Rolling Stone Magazine, Forbes, National Geographic, PBS, Okayplayer.com and the Oscar winning documentary about Amy Winehouse “Amy.”
In 2015, Ralston was selected by Prince to be the only photographer to shoot his historic “Rally for Peace” concert, as well as to direct and edit his lyric music video ‘Baltimore’ about the death of Freddie Gray, police brutality, and police militarization.
Ralston also co-directed, co-produced, and edited musician Eric Roberson’s “Erro Live: Vol.DC” live concert CD/DVD. An entrepreneur at heart, he recently started the project “creatives + cashflow” where he profiles and interviews different creatives about the business side of their craft.
Ralston is passionate about working with young folks and has worked as a teaching artist educating kids and teenagers about how they can use the mediums of photography, video editing, and video production to tell their stories.
Please reach out to Ralston if interested in having him document your next event or assist you with your next project.
703.627.4289
RalstonRSmith@gmail.com
Instagram: ralstonrsmith
Ralston Smith 