Alan Brigish is a South African-born documentary photographer who has lived in the USA for nearly 40 years. Since 1997, he has documented his travels in Bhutan, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Cuba, England, Ethiopia, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Laos, Lithuania, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Ukraine, USA and Uzbekistan. Brigish works exclusively in digital still photography. His photographic profile can be see at Profile.  He lives on Martha's Vineyard, USA.  He occasionally photographs for the Martha's Vineyard Times.

Brigish devotes all his time to photographic endeavors after a career spent in publishing, online information and computers. From 1997 to 2000 he was an owner of LA 411, Hollywood's commercial production resource www.la411.com. He co-founded NY411, the New York version, www.newyork411.com.

Previously, Alan founded SIMBA Information Inc. www.simbanet.com after a twenty-five year career in applying information systems technology to online and electronic publishing services in the US and Europe. SIMBA publishes business newsletters, research reports and directories, hosts conferences, manages an online media information network and provides consulting services on the global market for information publishing and distribution. SIMBA was sold to Cowles Media Company in 1996.

During the 80s, Alan co-founded Videolog Communications; a pioneering electronic publishing joint venture with Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Videolog was the first working electronic yellow pages, catalog and online ordering service. During the 70s, he was an executive with National CSS Inc., a public computer services company providing online information and software services in the US and Europe. He earned a BS in Electronic Engineering from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Brigish founded CAPEX (The Cape Program for Educational Excellence), a trust set up in Cape Town, South Africa to work with disadvantaged children. He has written a history, The Kovno Legacy about his ancestors and their immigrant journeys from Eastern Europe to the West. His most recently published photographic books are: