Category Archives: Reportage Photography

portrait photography of Hakeem Drane, sitting outside on steps

Southern Poverty Law Center | Portraits

October 23, 2019 by Sonya Revell

Several months back, I was commissioned by the SPLC to make some portraits of 22 yr. old, Hakeem Drane, who had been held in solitary confinement in a Florida prison and was recently released. As reported by the Southern Poverty Law Center “During the afternoon of Sept. 5, 2018, Hakeem Drane was asleep in his disciplinary confinement cell at Lake Correctional Institution – one of the few ways to pass the time in confinement. But the 22-year-old would be stirred […]

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GoFundMe Heroes Campaign

November 18, 2018 by Sonya Revell

For the GoFundMe Heroes Campaign, I had the honor of photographing Luis Garcia, a retired paramedic, and firefighter who spent $40K of his own savings on Narcan. While attending and documenting his class, which is free to the public, I learned a lot about this life-saving Nasal spray that can literally bring people back from the dead after an opioid overdose. (I even received my own dose, which I hope to never have to use.) After Luis’ class, we had […]

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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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Miami photographer: Sonya Revell | commercial advertising portrait conceptual and lifestyle photography in South Florida

Miami portrait photographer, Sonya Revell, photographs people, portraits, lifestyle, hospitality and conceptual images for advertising, editorial and commercial use all over South Florida, including Tampa, Orlando and Naples

Category Archives: Reportage Photography

Southern Poverty Law Center | Portraits

GoFundMe Heroes Campaign

Portait of an Artist: Isabel Brinck | Luxe Magazine