Rita Marie

Welcome to the blog of Rita Marie. She is a twenty-something year old photographer who dreams of having her photographs published in glossy magazines and advertising campaigns worldwide. Her interest in photography has been there since she was a child and grew when she got her first, little green Canon advatix film camera in her high school years, from her aunt. She brought it with her everyday to school determined to document her youth. On her 18th birthday, she got her first 35mm SLR camera from her godmother. She then familiarized herself with the functions of a camera. In 2005, on her graduation, she got her first DSLR, a Canon 350D. She took photography classes and shot her friends' portraits for practice. In 2006, she landed a job as a photographer for York University in Toronto, Canada while studying Marketing. She couldn't believe she was getting paid to do what she loved. She had an amazing boss who was very supportive of her creativity. Aside from working for the university, Rita would look for models, around campus, in classes, in the subway, just everywhere! In 2008, she met Matti Gidilevich of Elite Model Management and started shooting for them. She is now based in Manila, Philippines, willing to travel, and open for work. Contact her by email at ritzmariephoto[at]gmail.com or +63915 3767045.

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Shot with Polaroids.
Model: Amirah
MUA: Selena Riseborough
Photographer: Rita Marie
I love Amirah! I first saw her while shopping at H&M on Bloor St. and I immediately wanted to shoot her. I approached her and the rest is history. Her personality is amazing, candid and carefree. I really got along with her. I remember walking down the streets of Toronto with her when we both had a craving for ice cream, but we didn’t have enough cash. The vendor watched us as we counted our pennies to pay for the ice cream, but we still didn’t have enough. In the end, he accepted the money we had and gave us the ice cream because he said we looked like such good friends. She is one of the model/friends that I truly miss. 
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Shot with Polaroids.
Model: Amirah
MUA: Selena Riseborough
Photographer: Rita Marie
I love Amirah! I first saw her while shopping at H&M on Bloor St. and I immediately wanted to shoot her. I approached her and the rest is history. Her personality is amazing, candid and carefree. I really got along with her. I remember walking down the streets of Toronto with her when we both had a craving for ice cream, but we didn’t have enough cash. The vendor watched us as we counted our pennies to pay for the ice cream, but we still didn’t have enough. In the end, he accepted the money we had and gave us the ice cream because he said we looked like such good friends. She is one of the model/friends that I truly miss. 
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Shot with Polaroids.
Model: Amirah
MUA: Selena Riseborough
Photographer: Rita Marie
I love Amirah! I first saw her while shopping at H&M on Bloor St. and I immediately wanted to shoot her. I approached her and the rest is history. Her personality is amazing, candid and carefree. I really got along with her. I remember walking down the streets of Toronto with her when we both had a craving for ice cream, but we didn’t have enough cash. The vendor watched us as we counted our pennies to pay for the ice cream, but we still didn’t have enough. In the end, he accepted the money we had and gave us the ice cream because he said we looked like such good friends. She is one of the model/friends that I truly miss. 
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Models: Cami & Kevin
HMUA: Giancarlo Intini
Photographer: Rita Marie
Cami was my photography classmate and first thing I noticed about her was that she had really pretty eyes. So naturally, I wanted to shoot her. She asked if she could be shot with her (then) boyfriend Kevin, who was also a model and I thought - alright, that should be fun! We found an amazing make up artist and whala!
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Models: Cami & Kevin
HMUA: Giancarlo Intini
Photographer: Rita Marie
Cami was my photography classmate and first thing I noticed about her was that she had really pretty eyes. So naturally, I wanted to shoot her. She asked if she could be shot with her (then) boyfriend Kevin, who was also a model and I thought - alright, that should be fun! We found an amazing make up artist and whala!
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Models: Cami & Kevin
HMUA: Giancarlo Intini
Photographer: Rita Marie
Cami was my photography classmate and first thing I noticed about her was that she had really pretty eyes. So naturally, I wanted to shoot her. She asked if she could be shot with her (then) boyfriend Kevin, who was also a model and I thought - alright, that should be fun! We found an amazing make up artist and whala!
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Models: Cami & Kevin
HMUA: Giancarlo Intini
Photographer: Rita Marie
Cami was my photography classmate and first thing I noticed about her was that she had really pretty eyes. So naturally, I wanted to shoot her. She asked if she could be shot with her (then) boyfriend Kevin, who was also a model and I thought - alright, that should be fun! We found an amazing make up artist and whala!
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Models: Cami & Kevin
HMUA: Giancarlo Intini
Photographer: Rita Marie
Cami was my photography classmate and first thing I noticed about her was that she had really pretty eyes. So naturally, I wanted to shoot her. She asked if she could be shot with her (then) boyfriend Kevin, who was also a model and I thought - alright, that should be fun! We found an amazing make up artist and whala!
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