Viktorija Pashuta
Photographer
Director, Beauty, Fashion
Los Angeles
Latvian born Viktorija Pashuta is internationally published and award winning fashion photographer gaining momentum and notoriety in Southern California. With visual cues rooted in dance and music, and fashion passion stemming from her European upbringing, her images are sensual, sultry, yet powerful. Viktorija's work is known for so called 'color therapy' - where she uses saturated and vibrant colors to achieve the effect of fashion surrealism. Her images are very feminine and empowering at the same time to celebrate the essence of a woman.
Her work has been published in such magazines as RUNWAY (USA), VISION (China), Prestige International (France), Essence (USA), Estetica (USA), Nylon Guys, Vogue (Italia), Tchad (Canada), Fashizblack (France), Highlights (UK), CULTURE (Australia), shooting celebrity covers for Healthy Living Magazine, Runway, Orlando Style, Justine and more.
Her celebrity work includes Kathy Griffin, Taryn Manning, Bella Thorne, Kelly Price, Keke Palmer, Rochelle Aytes, James Goldstein, Sofia Richie, Brande Roderick and many more.
Additionally to photography she has established herself as a creative director, writer, producer and a fashion film director. Some of her recent awards include BEST PICTURE and BEST COSTUME DESIGN at the International Fashion Film Festival 2014 for a fashion film Kiss of a Siren (now airing worldwide on FashionTV Channels) and BEST FASHION Award At Bokeh South Africa Fashion Film Festival by Mercedes Benz 2013 for a fashion Film Lovers Game.
CELEBRITIES
Kathy Griffin
Taryn Manning
Bella Thorne (Disney's TV series 'Shake it Up')
Rochelle Aytes
Keke Palmer
Brande Roderick
Brandi Cyrus
James Goldstein
Rebecca Da Costa
Zulay Henao
Noureen DeWulf
Joelle Carter
Italia Ricci
ZLaLa
KORR-A
Allie Gonino (ABC 'The Lying Game')
Leslie Odom Jr ('Red Tails', 'SMASH')
Kaitlyn Jenkins (ABC Family 'Bunheads')
Lil Mama ('America's Best Dance Crew' judge and singer)
Hope Dworaczyk (2010 Playboy Playmate of the Year and 'Celebrity Apprentice')
Mallika Sherawat (Bollywood Star)
Gulshan Grover (Bollywood Star)
Dominic Adams
Redaric Williams
Kelly Price
Don Benjamin
Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer
Sasha Gradiva
AWARDS FASHION FILMS
2014 - 'BEST PICTURE' and 'BEST COSTUME DESIGN', La Jolla Fashion Film Festival for KISS OF A SIREN Fashion Film (8 official nominations: Best Director, Best Film, Best Music, Best Costume Design, Best MakeUp, Best Hair, Best Cinematography, Best Creative Concept)
2014 - BEST FASHION award Mercedes-Benz Bokeh South Africa International Fashion Film Festival for LOVERS GAME
2013 - 'Best Fashion' Award in La Jolla Fashion Film Festival for Lovers Game - Fashion Film, with 6 official nominations (Best Director, Best Film, Best Music, Best Fashion, Best MakeUp, Best Hair)
2013 - Best Experimental Film' Award in Los Angeles Film Festival of Hollywood 2013
AWARDS PHOTOGRAPHY
2014 - Nominee International Color Awards
2013 - Nominee in Photography Masters Cup, Fashion Category
2012 - 'Fashion Photographer of the Year' by the Global Photo Awards
2012 - 2nd place 'This Town is Our Town' by The Make Up Show LA
2012 - Bronze Award in 'International Loupe Awards
2011 - Silver Award in 'Best Photograph of the Year 2011' by Better Photography magazine in the category 'Emotive Portraits'
2010 - Finalist in the 'Best of Photography 2010' by Photographer's Forum Magazine
GUEST SPEAKING
Shooting Fashion Films in LA at Bokeh South Africa Fashion Film Festival by Mercedes Benz 2014
PUBLICATIONS
1968 (USA)
Agenda (USA)
BE! Magazine (Los Angeles, USA)
Bloginity
Culture (Australia)
Dance Track (USA)
Dark Beauty (USA)
DesignTaxi (Digital)
Elegant (USA)
Ellements (USA)
Essence (USA)
Estetica (USA)
Factice (France)
Fashion Affair (USA)
Fashionisto
Fashizblack (France, New York)
Fault (USA)
Focus SWFL (Florida, USA)
Girls&Co (UK)
Glam Couture (USA)
Healthy Living (USA)
HIGHLIGHTS (UK)
HUF (USA)
iDoll (New York, USA)
Institute (USA)
iPress (Poland)
Jacamo (USA)
JET (USA)
Justine (USA)
LABEL (Poland)
Lumine Style (London, UK)
MAMI (New York, USA)
MacFan (Netherlands)
Nationalist (USA)
Nouveau (Los Angeles, USA)
NYLON Guys (Online)
Orlando Style (Florida, USA)
Papercut (USA)
PAF (Denmark)
Prestige International (France)
Relapse (USA)
RUNWAY (USA)
Sessions (USA)
Sheen (USA)
SLAVE (USA)
Sophisticate's Black Hair (New York, USA)
Style-Ology Magazine (USA)
Tampa Style (Florida, USA)
Tantalum (USA)
Tattoo Extreme (Taiwan)
Tchad (Canada)
The Make Up Store (Sweden)
Unleash'd (USA)
VISION (China)
VOGUE (Italia)
WERK! (New Zealand)
Languages: English
GoSee Profile: GoSee.News/viktorijapashuta
