Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and raised in Uruguay, Maria Trajtenberg began her studies in film and photography in New York at the New York Film Academy before settling in Paris, where she is currently completing her BFA in Photography at Paris College of Art. Alongside her academic pursuits and personal projects, Maria’s integration in the fashion industry has helped to hone her skills as a photographer. Maria documents her daily life; her photographs are evocative and offer a glimpse of her personality, interests, and beliefs. She expresses her life and lifestyle through an intimate and conceptual genre of portraiture. Maria affectionally refers to herself as a “frustrated filmmaker.” While her main medium is photography, her knowledge in film enhances her photographic approach; she shoots photographs with a cinematic panache, treating each photograph much like a film still.
