artist, photographer
phone: 7 915 050 30 89
email: sonny.ritts@gmail.com
instagram: @sonniedeff
Professional photographer with more than 7 years of practice. Graduated University of Hertfordshire, Bachelor of Arts in Photography.My main inspiration is cinema and classic art, poetry and music. I am experimenting with photographic medium. My works are idea, background and story oriented.
Education:
2019 - 2022 - BA (Hons) Photography, First Class Honours, University of Hertfordshire (Moscow, Russia)
October 2022 - course “Marketing in a soft niche” by Victoria Levina (online)
June 2020 – August 2020 - Course “How to make name in photography” by Max Baev (online)
October 2022 - course “Marketing in a soft niche” by Victoria Levina (online)
June 2020 – August 2020 - Course “How to make name in photography” by Max Baev (online)
2016 – 2018 - Course “Introduction to photography”, VGIK (Moscow, Russia)
Experience:
2016 – now - Freelancer: fashion photographer, object photographer, portrait photographer, retoucher, interior photographer, architecture photographer
My clients: Bork, Exeed, Chery, Omoda, etc. (International)
December 2022 - December 2023 - Retoucher, Charuel (Moscow, Russia)
charuel.ru - Russian premium womenswear.
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My clients: Bork, Exeed, Chery, Omoda, etc. (International)
December 2022 - December 2023 - Retoucher, Charuel (Moscow, Russia)
charuel.ru - Russian premium womenswear.
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June 2021 – September 2021 - Lead photographer (e-commerce, lifestyle, object) LONCQ (Moscow, Russia)
loncq.ru - Russian clothing brand for women, men, children and pregnant.
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loncq.ru - Russian clothing brand for women, men, children and pregnant.
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2018 – 2021 - E-commerce, lifestyle and object photographer, BOHO Parka (Москва, Россия)
bohoparka.ru – Russian womenswear brand, specialized in fur parkas.
bohoparka.ru – Russian womenswear brand, specialized in fur parkas.
Exhibitions:
July 2022 - Britanka Degree Show, “uzosuk” (online)
May 2022 - New media, BHSAD (Moscow, Russia)
July 2021 - Degree Show, “sinscene”, “scannogrammes”, “she cheated on him”, BHSAD (Moscow, Russia)
May 2022 - New media, BHSAD (Moscow, Russia)
July 2021 - Degree Show, “sinscene”, “scannogrammes”, “she cheated on him”, BHSAD (Moscow, Russia)
May 2021 - E[MOTION]S, “Collaboration with Moscow ballet”, ZIL (Moscow, Russia)
2020 - Student exhibition, “Chertanovo”, BHSAD (Moscow, Russia)
Awards:
2018 - 1 place, local photography contest "Liteature day", “Тургеневско-Есенинская девушка” (Zelenograd, Russia)
Events:
September 2022 - Festival of zines and photo books ‘Nizina’, photo book “uzosuk”,
(Samara, Russia)
July 2022 - Festival of zines and photobooks ‘Nizina’, photobook “uzosuk” (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
2021 - 2 photobook markets, 3 projects sold out of 6 (limited edition) (Moscow, Russia)
July 2022 - Festival of zines and photobooks ‘Nizina’, photobook “uzosuk” (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
2021 - 2 photobook markets, 3 projects sold out of 6 (limited edition) (Moscow, Russia)
Publications:
May 2022 - Britanka Zine (Moscow, Russia)
October 2020 - Mob Journal vol.8, “Art Freedom” (International)
October 2020 - Mob Journal vol.8, “Art Freedom” (International)
Press:
Ju;y 2021 - photographer.ru, “scannogrammes”, “Выставка Britanka Degree Show: самые интересные проекты выпускников программы по фотографии” (online)