Photography

Rito holding a camera to his eye focusing on a shot with a sunset background

With a passion for aesthetic and a penchant for transcending the ordinary, Rito invites viewers to see things through his own lens in Ritography. Rito seeks authenticity in photo-taking approach, often seeking opportunities to capture images with a candid appeal but occasionally mixing in well-composed guided scenes. While he believes beauty can be found from many perspectives, he applies his imagination to uncover it in ways that resonate with his values.

Explore Ritography, see through Rito's lens of the world

Photography Genres

Landscape Photography by Rito

As Rito explores, so does he carry memories of the world behind him. He captures a point of view and lays it bare for all to see. Here are portraits but of environments making expressive statements for viewers to behold as witnesses.

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A spring in the middle of a pond surrounded by lush green shrubbery and grass

The Eye of the Oasis

The greener centers of where you want to be will always bloom where glimmers of refreshment flow by.

a sunset occluded by shrubbery with half the image showing the sky and half a silhouette of the grass

The Dusk Burnt Sky

When all else evaporates, you can only thank the sun for reeding out the sky, then all is left is the next hello before dawn.

A shiny, reflective street in Chinatown New York City night time after it rained, with glistening parked cars and lights

The City of Fluorescent Grains

When the oversaturated luminescence makes everything so clear, it must be watered-down and drowned with the grains.

A train station in Amsterdam with an orange hazey glow at dawn

The Warm Haze Awaits

Trains metaphorize journeys, but when the path is right in front of you, warm and welcoming, but with an ominous haze to lead astray... will you get on board?

an industrial background with a sign that says end and a river behind it at night time

The Root of All Suburbia

When everything desolate seems to have rotted, life builds on the same foundation. The end is never what it seems.

New York Arches with police cars in front of it

A Champion's Stand

To be fortified is to be perched and impregnable, what greater feat than to allow those to pass from within?

Portrait Photography

Rito has a way with not only finding emotion and capturing it visually, but creating them through his presence as a photographer. See here his photographic interactions with models to create portraits embodying human qualities beyond mere aesthetic.

  • Close up of a female model wearing red lipstick and a red jacket with hand wrapped around light post
  • Latin American male model with short and a white beater smirking in between two trees
  • Model Maxim Orlov with his hand to his head wearing a black shirt and a golden QR jumptag dog tag
  • Female model sitting in front of a large New York fountain bustling water wearing a black shirt and a golden jumptag necklace
  • Jibberish Jazzy Jay modeling at a cemetery holding a red rose with hair blowing looking off to the side
  • Glamour Jessica wearing a golden jumptag and a greenish dress with sunlight basking behind her head
  • Close up of model Serge Roy pulling his finger on golden jumptag dog tag necklace
  • African American male model flexing arm on balcony in front of government building with white shirt and golden jumptag dog tag
  • Model Aleksandra Hromiak smiling with eyes closed wearing a shiny jumptag dog tag in the sunlight
  • Close up of model Kelsey Butler with hair covering half of face
  • pale woman with big hat reading Jean Baudrillard "Transparency of Evil" book
  • three dancers posing together converging their hands in a yellow lens aesethetic
    three dancers posing together in a yellow lens aesethetic with two having their hands on the ground and one with her hands up

(Creative) Fashion Show Photography

Not the standard runway full body shots

Ming standing on the runway stage with her dress in bloom
a low shot image on a runway of models shoes as they walk around the stage
Ajay Shrivastav gesticulating to the crowd and speaking in the microphone in front of crowd of models on the runway
A crowd of models lined up on the runway stage with a woman with a long white dress in the middle
a female model standing confidently hand on hips posing at the end of a runway
3 models wearing Romeo Hunte's clothing line at a fashion show
Am african american female model wearing a blue denim jacket and pants by Romeo Hunte looking back turned to the camera
DeAnna May posing at a fashion show with a Romeo Hunte jacket slouching from her elbows
a model wearing Romeo Hunte's fashion clothing at a fashion show including a jacket and "Romeo" belt buckle
African American female model wearing denim Romeo Hunte pants and jacket leaning back posing for the camera with wide stance
Deanna May posing wearing a Romeo Hunte jacket with hood on grabbing pants with boxers showing
a model wearing Romeo Hunte's denim fashion clothes with hands on hips looking down at the viewer
Close up of African American male model wearing Romeo Hunte jacket and holding out golden jumptag dog tag with its QR visible
bottom up view close up of model wearing a Pamela Dennis dress and jumptag as a bracelet

Backstage at Fashion Shows

DeMODE NYFW 2023 Fall

Rito was a featured designer alongside others like Romeo Hunte and Pamela Dennis at the DeMODE fashion show by creative director Emily Burnett. In addition to powering the event with his fashion tech via Jumptag wearable necklaces, he was also very much camera ready.

Model wearing Pamela Dennis dress at DeMODE fashion show in Mercedes Benz Manhattan NYC
Emily Burnett backstage at DeMODE interacting with staff for the fashion show while wearing a jumptag dog tag necklace
Two models standing at DeMode fashion show with fashion designer Pamela Dennis adjusting the model's dress
Two models standing at DeMODE fashion show, the blonde model leans over to speak to fashion designer Pamela Dennis
Romeo Hunte fixing up a model wearing a golden QR jumptag dog tag

Romeo Hunte 2024 Fall

Matt Dillon and friend standing at Romeo Hunte's fashion show in front of his logo
June Ambrose wearing a large cowboy hat speaking to a man at the Romeo Hunte 2024 NYFW fashion show

NYFW Asia Society 2024

In what was a robust and multi-layered fashion event hosted by Asia Society in coordination with Fashion Mingle and sponsored by many other brands including Rito's own Jumptag Club, Rito's enthusiasm and energy lead to capture of the entirety of the event at every major phase.

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Backstage female staff member holding a dress in preparation for a model to wear it for the fashion show
A model accepting fashion clothing from staff backstage
People sitting on a floor arranging jewelry in preparation for the fashion show at Asia Society NYC
Backstage staff preparing clothing for a fashion show holding out dresses
A male make up artist kneeling as he applies make up to a female model sitting in a chair with a busy background backstage
A backstage scene of hair and make up models busy at work with models and a woman looking off to the side
A make up artist backstage applying make up to a female model who is taking a selfie for social media
People on the floor backstage preparing jewelry for the fashion show

Custo Barcelona NYFW 2024

Rito had the pleasure of shooting the Custo Barcelona runway event showcased at the Walker Hotel.

Models exiting a tent single file for entry to the runway
a crowded make up and hair room prepping for a fashion show
African-American hair stylist working with a model's hair in a busy room
A busy room of hair and make up artists working with models with supplies all over a table
An outdoor night time fashion show with a female security guard front of backstage entrance at Walker Hotel New York
An outdoor stage with people sitting on it and others setting up for a fashion show at Walker Hotel New York
Models walking backstage toward the blue lit runway outside
Melissa Shea coordinating with staff before fashion show

Street shots

Rito's eye for detail is hard to suppress, it's an impulse as much as an attitude. Some of the best times to shoot are when a camera isn't present. Rito opportunistically basks in the moments when he can spontaneously capture images with people living actual moments in life.

Indira Cesarine at night wearing a sparkly black dress with her hand on her hip
Goddess Matula and Yvette Lopez sitting shoulder to shoulder together smiling at the camera
Clavish posing with his hands on his chin wearing a half silver half black blazer in front of step and repeat banner
Millyz holding his chain at night time outdoors posing for a photographer
Millyz standing holding a cup outdoors in night time smiling wearing his chain
Diyora Shukhratova toasting a glass of wine on a balcony inside Walker Hotel in New York City
Artist Ryan Prizzi Zwick holding his dog in front of the fashion runway outdoors at Walker Hotel New York
Didi J posing outside in line at Walker Hotel fashion show
Jennaske posing with her nails extended out over her face in front of step and repeat banner
Victoria Vesce and friend smiling in front of step and repeat banner at Walker Hotel fashion show