Kristina Dittmar

is an editorial photographer based between Brooklyn and Toronto. Tender and gestural, her work aims to unearth life’s levity through moments of ephemeral light, movement and meaning.

Subjects in focus:

Expressing the interconnected perspective of my work, Subjects In Focus is a once monthly message from the studio that shares selections from my portfolio, old and new, that are tethered together by singular themes.

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Case Studies:

Kotn
Mejuri
Powder Mountain
The Mandarin
Nordstrom

Select clients:

Amazon, Abel Objects, Capital One, Citizens of Humanity, Coors, Field Studies Flora, Gossamer, Kotn, Lincoln, Meals on Wheels, Mejuri, New York Times, Nordstrom, Madewell, Refinery 29, Samuel Snider, Shopify, Sophie Lou Jacobsen, Squarespace, TikTok, Vice, W Hotel, Wolf Circus, Wall Street Journal

Get in touch:

info@kristinadittmar.com
@kristinadittmar

Areas of expertise and interest:

Portraiture and still lives with people, apparel, accessories, objects, interiors, and nature

Publications and accolades:

The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Vogue, Architectual Digest, Remodelista, InStyle, People Magazine, Elle Canada, Flaunt Magazine, NUVO, Baptista Greece, Booooooom Long List Finalist

Fortnight Lingerie, Tamara ‘Solem‘ Alissa Profile

Wolf Circus, Gemstone Collection Campaign

New York Times, Chloe Misseldine for Swan Lake

Powder Mountain, Powder Haven

Kotn, SS24 Campaign

Globe and Mail, Mary Sullivan

Powder Mountain Campaign

Mejuri, Social Campaign

Field Studies Flora, Alex Crowder

Mejuri, Social Campaign

Wolf Circus, Gemstone Collection Campaign

Abel Objects

Holt Renfrew, Another Tomorrow Brand Feature

Kotn, Spring Summer Campaign

MIMP Magazine Cover Shoot, Sophia Roe

Nordstorm, Closer to You Campaign

Mejuri, Mother’s Day Campaign

Sophie Lou Jacobsen, Social Campagin

Meals On Wheels, End the Wait Campaign

Kotn, Lasting Ways with Hannah Traore

Warren Steven Scott, Campaign

W Hotel

Fortnight Lingerie, Campaign

Works on view:

You Should Meet My Mother
PH Museum
2016 — Ongoing, Brooklyn | Ottawa

The relationship between mothers and daughters is a complex one and can culminate in either disjuncture or solidity. Often this culminates as the girl comes of age. For me, this critical point coincided with my parents' divorce through which I watched my mother's resolve fray. I'd only ever known her as a parental figure and though she had gotten me through so much, her fragility through this period caused me to pull away.

This visual love letter is a story about my fight to find my way back to her.

As we grow up, we unavoidably grow away from our mothers. In the body of work, this theme is layered with the sub-narrative of a woman discovering her own identity post-divorce, which challenged not only her relationship with, her daughter, but also herself. Her self-discovery, as seen within the series, mirrors the way I, too, was able to once again come to know her - this time in an entirely new light; adult to adult.

While making this series, I learned about my mothers's pain and her ambitions. Crucially, I saw that even at 55, the longing to shares one's life with someone else never dies. I saw her get her heart broken, then fall in love again and eventually walked her down the aisle before her 60th birthday.

It is my intention to show this development within my mother through the dynamic between her and the camera as the series progresses.

Kristina Dittmar

New York | Toronto