Marta Romashina
Marta Romashina (November 4, 1989) is a Russian fashion photographer, art director and journalist.[1]
Early life and education
Marta Romashina was born in November 1989 in Penza, RSFSR, Soviet Union and grew up in Prague. In 2013 she moved to Shanghai to do her undergraduate in fashion marketing at Raffles Design Institute. During these times she got her first exposure to her future profession while attending a class in digital photography. She was able to work with designers, like Hussein Chalayan, across Europe and Asia, while organising fashion shows including Shanghai Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week. She did her Master's in Fashion Buying at Polimoda.[2]
Travel blog
She has been to forty six countries and in 2018 she launched a travel blog WhereMartaWent and Instagram that feature worldwide destinations and design hotels. Through her blog she has worked with several luxury hospitality brands including Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, Ritz Carlton, Hyatt, Veuve Clicquot. A social media influencer, she has over 80 thousands followers on Instagram. She regularly contributes her travel stories to international magazines. Her journalist work was published in several Elle and L'Officiel magazines.[3]
Fashion photography
During the 2020 lockdowns when she could not continue to travel for her blog, she focused on fashion photography.[12] In less than two years, her work was published in fashion magazines like Elle, Harper's Bazaar, L'Officiel and Vogue Italia PhotoVogue.
In 2021 she was nominated for Prix Picto de la jeune photographie de mode[19] where her work was evaluated by Jean Paul Gaultier and Paolo Roversi[20] in Palais Galliera, a fashion museum in Paris. Her images are poetic, full of symbolism, but at the same time she likes to discuss social issues in her photography. She has appeared as a model in few independent magazines like Vingt Sept. Her quarantine self-portrait series appeared on a cover of Mob Journal.[4]
Exhibitions
First Thursdays 10 Year Anniversary exhibition at Association for Visual Arts, 18 August – 29 September 2022, Cape Town, South Africa.
Blank Wall Gallery, 23 September – 5 October 2022, Athens, Greece.
References
- ↑ "Intervista alla fotografa di moda Marta Romashina [Interview with fashion photographer Marta Romashina]" (in Italian). Alpi Fashion Magazine. https://alpifashionmagazine.com/journal/intervista-fotografa-moda-marta-romashina/. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ↑ Manoj L. (2022-08-22). "Marta Romashina is a Russian photographer and journalist with a flair for fashion.". Cinetalkers. https://www.cinetalkers.com/marta-romashina-is-a-russian-photographer-and-journalist-with-a-flair-for-fashion/. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ↑ Marta Romashina (2020-11-03). "3 dias para conhecer o melhor da região de Champagne, na França: Uma experiência para apreciar os melhores espumantes e vinhos do mundo, junto de uma cultura encantadora [3 days to discover the best of the Champagne region in France: An experience to enjoy the best sparkling wines and wines in the world, together with an enchanting culture]" (in Portugese). Revista Officiel. https://www.revistalofficiel.com.br/viagem/historia-lazer-e-bons-drinks-3-dias-para-conhecer-a-regiao-de-champagne-na-franca. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ↑ "Marta Romashina". models.. https://models.com/people/marta-romashina. Retrieved 2022-11-01. "Marta Romashina is a multifaceted artist, she's been a fashion photographer, art director and producer while relocating from Prague, Shanghai, Bangkok, Florence and Singapore."
