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First Photo Shoot of 2019

January 14, 2019 by Sonya Revell

Within the first week of each year, I like to kick things off by photographing a self-assigned photo shoot for my portfolio. For 2019, I was finally able to pull together a photo shoot that I’ve been wanting to do for several years now. A while back I dreamt up the idea of photographing a story of a 1960s housewife. Since I live in a mid-century modern condo building in Miami, I didn’t have to look far for the ideal […]

Categories: Conceptual photography, conceptual portrait, editorial, editorial portrait, Queef Latina, Self Assignment, Uncategorized • Tags: 1960s, 1960s fashion, bearded lady, conceptual photographer, conceptual portrait, drag, drag fashion, drag mother, drag photography, drag queen, hairy drag, Housewife, humor photography, miami, Miami housewife, miami photographer, portrait photographer, Queef Latina, sonya revell photography, vintage fashion

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Portrait of Mia Nygren | Billboard Magazine

January 3, 2019 by Sonya Revell

Have you ever had one of those moments when you realize you’re living out a childhood fantasy? As a music fan, this assignment was one of those for me. In fact, if someone had told my 16-year-old self that I would photograph for Billboard Magazine, I would probably have fainted from excitement. So when the photo editor from Billboard reached out about a portrait assignment, I was pretty elated. My subject: Mia Nygren, managing director of Latin America for […]

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portrait photography of Billy Corben seated on staircase outside

Portrait of Billy Corben | Time Out Miami

September 4, 2018 by Sonya Revell

Whether you live in Miami or not, you’re probably familiar with the city’s storied, drug-fueled past of the late 1970’s and early 80’s (hello Miami Vice). You may have even seen Cocaine Cowboys, a documentary film featuring first-hand accounts of the major drug trafficking and subsequent money laundering operations that took place in Miami during that time. This happens to be one of my all-time favorite documentary films, so when I got the assignment to photograph the film’s director (and local Miamian), […]

Categories: Billy Corben, editorial portrait, Environmental portrait, Miami photographer, Time Out Miami, Uncategorized • Tags: Billy Corben, candid portrait, celebrity portrait, Cocaine Cowboys, documentary film maker, editorial portrait, environmental portraiture, Florida photographer, miami beach, miami photographer, portrait photographer, Screwball documentary, sonya revell, Time Out Miami

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portrait photography of artist Isabel Brinck painting in her studio

Portait of an Artist: Isabel Brinck | Luxe Magazine

May 9, 2018 by Sonya Revell

For my recent style-makers photo shoot for Luxe Interiors + Design, I got to spend some time with Chilean-Born, Miami-based artist, Isabel Brinck. Isabel’s vivid paintings reveal a dream-like world full of bright colors and distorted shapes and figures. The graphic elements in her paintings, along with her artfully arranged studio and materials, created the perfect environment for the reportage photography needed for the Luxe magazine spread. And while Isabel’s studio was incredibly photogenic, she was even more so- which made […]

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Portrait of Naeem Khan | Wine Spectator

February 6, 2018 by Sonya Revell

A few months back, I was invited to the Miami pied-a-terre of renowned fashion designer, Naeem Khan, for a photo shoot with Wine Spectator magazine. (You can see the article here, http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/Wine-Design-Fashion-Mogul-Naeem-Khan) I didn’t have to travel far, as Khan’s penthouse apartment is located just a mile from my condo. (Of course, his home and my home are a world apart in terms of scale and furnishings. 😉 Khan is known for his colorful and ornate designs, that have attracted the likes of […]

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Aldous Bertram | Luxe Style-Maker

November 9, 2017 by Sonya Revell

After a busy summer, (than included dealing with a little hurricane named Irma) I’m finally getting back to the blog! As a regular contributor to Luxe Interiors + Design magazine, I have the good fortune of getting to meet and photograph many talented and interesting artists, designers and curators from Miami to Palm Beach. That said, I especially love how this recent style-makers spread, of artist/interior designer, Aldous Bertram turned out. For this shoot, we headed up North to photograph […]

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Portrait of Jan Verleur | Forbes

April 11, 2017 by Sonya Revell

I’m not a fan of cigarette smoke. For me, a mere whiff typically means an instant headache and nausea. My mom smoked when I was young. (She’s going to love me for outing her like this.) I would often wait until she wasn’t paying attention and stamp out her resting lit cigarette. I was such a brat. So when Forbes called me to make a portrait of Jan Verleur, CEO of the e-cigarette company, VMR, I mentally prepared for a […]

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Editorial Tech/Corporate Portrait

February 19, 2017 by Sonya Revell

One of the many things I love about being a photographer is gaining access to interesting places I wouldn’t normally gain access to- the rooftop of the Miami International Airport, for example. This was the location for my portrait photo shoot with Maurice Jenkins, the director of information technology & telecommunications at MIA. I was commissioned to photograph Jenkins for PM Network Magazine and boy was I was thrilled to score such a cool location! Here are the images featured […]

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portrait photography of meg daly in pink dress in front of urban landscape

Portrait of Meg Daly, founder and friend of the Underline

January 3, 2017 by Sonya Revell

Upon moving to Miami (for the first time) in 2003, I was bewildered as to how such a large city could have so few parks (and green space in general). I would complain about this to just about anyone that would listen. After all, the much smaller city I had come from, Louisville, KY, has a park system designed by the legendary landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted (designer of numerous city parks including, Central Park and Golden Gate Park). 13 […]

Categories: Centre Magazine, editorial portrait, environmental portraits, Meg Daly, Miami photographer, The Underline • Tags: Brickell, business portrait, Centre Magazine, editorial photographer, editorial photography, environmental portraits, Friends of the Underline, Meg Daly, miami photographer, Miami Underline, miami underline founder, portrait photography, Portraiture, Sonia photographer, sonya revell, Surface Studios, urban landscape photo, urban parks

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Portraits of Alan Faena for Forbes

July 8, 2016 by Sonya Revell

After an amazing work/sight-seeing trip to Europe (more on that to come) it’s time to play catch-up with my blog…. I’m really excited to share this editorial shoot with Alan Faena, at the Faena Hotel, on Miami Beach, which was commissioned by Forbes back in April. Alan is an Argentine hotelier and real estate developer, not to mention quite the snazzy dresser. (If you do a Google search for him, as I did in preparation for the shoot, you’ll see that […]

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Category Archives: editorial portrait

First Photo Shoot of 2019

Portrait of Mia Nygren | Billboard Magazine

Portrait of Billy Corben | Time Out Miami

Portait of an Artist: Isabel Brinck | Luxe Magazine

Portrait of Naeem Khan | Wine Spectator

Aldous Bertram | Luxe Style-Maker

Portrait of Jan Verleur | Forbes

Editorial Tech/Corporate Portrait

Portrait of Meg Daly, founder and friend of the Underline

Portraits of Alan Faena for Forbes