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José Cil Portrait |The Wall Street Journal

February 7, 2020 by Sonya Revell

“A Fast-Food CEO Hires His Way, With Advisers’ Help- Restaurant Brands’ José Cil relies on the importance of personal involvement to beef up Burger King” – WSJ For this Wall Street Journal assignment, I went over to make a portrait of the recently- appointed CEO of Restuarant Brands International, José Cil, at the newly renovated RBI headquarters in Miami, FL. The renovation of the RBI headquarters included some new flourishes- like these fun restaurant booths, similar to the ones in […]

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portrait photography of Teresa Weintraub standing on a dock

Teresa Weintraub | BC Law Alumni

September 7, 2019 by Sonya Revell

Teresa Weintraub—international wealth advisor, mother, Cuban expat, Miami resident, and much more—has a full life, to say the least. And back in May, I had the opportunity to photograph this busy Boston College Law Alum at her home in Coral Gables. Mrs. Weintraub is an inspiring figure who has overcome the odds not just to survive, but to flourish. Her family fled Cuba and lost a considerable amount of wealth in the process, settling as one of the many […]

Categories: Alumni, Boston College Law Magazine, editorial portrait, environmental portraits, Portraiture, Uncategorized • Tags: Boston College, Boston College Law Magazine, Coral Gables, Cuban, editorial photography, executive portrait, female executive, female leadership, Law alumni, magazine photographer, miami photographer, miami portrait, portrait photographer, sonya revell, Teresa Weintraub, wealth advisor

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portrait photography of NFL player, Brandon Copeland, with interview for Kiplinger's magazine

Brandon Copeland | Kiplinger’s Magazine

June 17, 2019 by Sonya Revell

I had the good fortune to photograph NFL New York Jets linebacker, Brandon Copeland, for Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine a while back. My assistant and I set up a makeshift studio inside Copeland’s training gym in Weston, Florida, where we made his portrait for this article. We chatted with the expectant father about his baby on the way, flipping houses in Detroit, and his thoughts on concussions (something I have personal experience with). He couldn’t have been nicer or more […]

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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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Category Archives: editorial portrait

José Cil Portrait |The Wall Street Journal

Teresa Weintraub | BC Law Alumni

Brandon Copeland | Kiplinger’s Magazine

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