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Photographer and Anna Nicole Smith’s baby’s daddy, Larry Birkhead, enjoyed his newfound celebrity waving hello to his fellow photographers while walking the red carpet at the 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville.
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When I heard the news that Anna Nicole Smith collapsed at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Florida I remembered that one of the contributing entertainment photographers, Gustavo Caballero, had photographed her there. I called Gustavo to tell him what happened and he reminded me that Anna Nicole was the first assignment I gave him outside of him shooting celebrities in nightclubs. He was thrilled at getting the assignment at the time and came back with lots of great images of her. He told me that she was very cooperative, friendly, absolutely beautiful and made his first professional photo experience something he will never forget. Here is one of the images from that shoot:
