Raised in Texas and schooled in New York, Brian received his first award for photography at the age of 22, and soon further defined himself as a documentary photographer at the World Press Master Class in 2001 and was awarded a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship for Photography in 2004. His cheerleading and football players series produced his first monograph entitled "2-4-6-8: American Cheerleaders & Football Players" which received much attention in New York City and abroad.

Finke's work has taken him throughout the world to photograph and lecture. Brian’s photographs have been seen in solo exhibitions in New York City, Los Angeles, Paris, Jacksonville and Houston, among others and are in permanent collections worldwide. He lives in New York City with his wife, Lisa Daniels, and son, Oli.