s a l u t a t i o n s
my name is sofia, i’m a recent unc-ch grad with a major in journalism and ocncentrations in photo and audio journalism; i grew up in boulder colorado to an immigrant family in an immigrant community. i itch to tell stories through emotinal and expressive visuals. i now live in philly where i also teach middle school english!
i specialize in narrative style photography, i want my photos to elliit a clear mood or a clear message. i love fashion and beauty within my editorial work and following immigrant stories and stories that highlight class divides in my photojournalism
i am a hearst ceritifcate recipient in audiojournalism, a morehead cain scholar, i have won an rtdnac best feature story award, i reported for and then executive produced carolina connection for almost two year ts, i have done a large range of internships, i am a teach for america corps membera painter and polyglot— with 3 languagesof fluency, one of proficiency and 2 more in the beginning stages.
hit me up
sacasini01@gmail.com
@casinisofia
@casniphotography
how i got here
i have always loved visual art
it was an outlet for me to express myself as a child and a tool i still use to process emotions
when i got to highschool i decided i wanted to use this tool to tell stories that went ignored
i bought my first camera when i was 16 and started taking people portraits and natural landscapes
once i got to college, i became a go to contact for people trying to jazz up their instagram
i did all my portrait work on a rebel t-7 and the majority of the photos were posed in a parking garage on my school’s campus—no studio in sight
once i got to the end of my junior year of college, most of my journalism major had been focused on audio journalism and broadcast— but i needed to take another intro class, so i took a photojournalism class
i had never taken photography too seriously, it was a fun outlet to take photos of the people around me in moments wher ethey felt beautiful. i enjoyed seeing the confidence and smile when they looked at the raws
i saw the work lof those around me and knew my technical work was not up to parr, and my shyness would get in the way
but, i continued challengeing myself and am continueng to challenge myself, realizing that I could make taking a beautiful photo of a person into a career and push it forward with a narrative aspect
my hope in the next few years in to continue learning and growing as a photographer so that some day my art and collabrations can shed light on and bring change to the issues that push me to get up int he mlorning to make a better tomorrow
hit me up
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