Packing with Pro Film Photographer Pia Riverola
For Here Magazine: Photographer Pia Riverola teaches us how to pack for film photography and shares her best tips for travel photographers.
Born in Barcelona and based in LA and Mexico City, photographer Pia Riverola’s love for film blossomed at an early age. She received her first point-and-shoot film camera from her grandfather when she was just a child, and that love has only flourished in the years since.
Despite an impressive list of high-end clientele and even more impressive collection of passport stamps, Riverola has yet to grow weary of her art or of travel. She still finds it easy to get lost in the magic of an environment—a transfixion that comes to life in her dreamy film photographs, whether she’s on set for personalized tour company Coast to Costa in Colombia or exploring the salt flats of Peru.
“Even when I’m shooting for work, I still always shoot for myself, too,” Riverola says. “When we wrap, and I go around, discover by myself, and take photos by myself. I find a balance between doing a commercial shoot and getting something personal—an experience that you can take home.”
A master of light and color, Riverola’s images conjure up the sense of wanderlust that propels many to buy a ticket to their dream destination and go in pursuit of memories. We caught up with the artist at The Treehouse, an offshoot of Brooklyn’s Urban Cowboy B&B, to get her travel tips, including how to travel with film photography equipment and the best destinations for travel photographers.
