I am photographer and digital artist based in Toronto, Canada. My expertise includes: fantasy photo illustration, book and magazine cover art, CD-album covers, fine art portraits and nudes, boudoir and glamour photography, creative photography enhancement and retouching, as well as business portraiture and product photography. I am available to work on assignment creating artwork to your specifications.

I also have a vast stock photography images collection available for various publications and advertising usage. It includes fine art, surrealistic photo illustration, fashion, landscapes, flowers and travel images. To see some samples please visit my Photoshelter Light Vision website at: http://lightvision.photoshelter.com/

If you have any questions or comments about my work and services I offer, please contact me via the above website or my main Light Vision website at: www.lightvisionart.com

Clients and End Users


Advertising and Promotional:

Telus - Superpages – covers / Sheraton Hotels - advertising / The Ministry of the Economic Development, Trade and Tourism, Canada - travel images / “Graphic Exchange” magazine – Canada - advertising BlueStarPR – The Jewish Ink Tank, LE VISAGE.COM, INC., New York / DIME - Digital Interactive Multimedia Environment, Canada /


Publishers: Books, Calendars, Posters, Greeting Cards, Music CDs

Feierabend Unique Books – Germany / "ProLighting" (England) – books / Udyat Publications (Spain) - books / Different Drum – music CD cover / BrownTrout Publishers (USA) – calendars / Postcard Factory (Canada) – greeting cards / Le Petit Cafe (Poland).- greeting cards / Quintet Publishing Ltd., Roto Vision (United Kingdom) – books / Konemann Verlgsgesellshaf (Germany) – books / AR Rachocki, Design Studio Z &Z, (Poland) - books / Charitable Foundation Fantasy Poland – music CD cover / Zysk IS-KA Publisher – Poland


Magazines:

“Style” / "Medical Post" / "Nutrition Post" / "Prix Galien" / "Canadian Insurance" / “Planet Lightworker” / “Fantastyka” – Poland / “Shared Vision” / Conscious Choice / "Week" (weekly magazine of "Nowy Dziennik - New York / “Jestem” – Poland / “Uroda” - Poland, “Pani” – Poland / “Pozytyw” – Poland / many other publishers in Europe


Other Clients and End Users:

Private individuals – portraits, fine art nudes, glamour/ actors / models /make-up artists / fashion designers / hair stylists (promotional materials).
Samples of Published Work:

To see some samples of my published work please to to:
http://www.lightvisionart.com/published-work-samples.php

Renata Ratajczyk has more than 16 years of experience as a photographer and about as many years of experience as digital artist.

Renata's work has been internationally published and exhibited and her fine art prints are in the possession of art collectors around the world. In the distinctive dream-like and visionary images she often merges reality with a fantasy world. For her work, she has received many international awards.
Please see AWARDS section in the Bio for more info.

Several interviews with Renata have appeared in photography and art related magazines including "Camera Arts", "Canadian Camera", "3 D magazine" , "Pozytyw" and "Pix Art". She was also featured on the "Behind the Lens" TV program. Please see BIBLIOGRAPHY section below for more info or visit this page with some active links to the interviews.

For Renata, photography and digital art is not only her work, but also one of her greatest passions. Originally from Warsaw, Poland, she has been living and working in Toronto, Canada for several years.

Please refer to Clients page for more info about how Renata's work was used in various publications and advertising. You can see some samples of her published work here.

B I B L I O G R A P H Y
(Selected interviews and reviews - please see the list below or visit this page with some active links.):

TV Interviews:
2003 – “Behind the Lens”, on Fashion Channel, Canada

Interviews & Reviews in Printed Publications:
2002 - "Pozytyw" magazine, “About Photography in Canada”, Vol. 42, December, pg 94.
2000 - “3 D Magazine” (“Magazyn 3 D” - Polish), “3 D Gallery, Renata Ratajczyk”,
Sept/Oct, pg 57.
2000 -“Canadian Camera” magazine, “Digital Photography, Renata Ratajczyk”by Jozef
Van Veenen, Vol. 2, NO 10, Spring, pg 16.
2000 - “Silicon Valley North” magazine, “Pixel This”, Sept, pg 34.
1999 -“Camera Arts” magazine, “Blending Art Forms”by David Best, Aug/Sept., pg 24

Interviews and Reviews in Selected Internet Magazines/Galleries:
2005 - "Celestopea Times” magazine
2003 - “Tabula Rasa" newsletter
2003 - "Wide" magazine
2002 - BTDesign Gallery
2001 - “Digit” magazine
2001 - “Lech Valley”
2000 - “Sabine” magazine
1999 - “Sensuous Line” magazine
1999 - "Digital Photo Corner”
1999 - “Pix Art” magazine
1999 - AGFA website
1999 - "The Photo Resource” magazine, 1999.

To see much longer list of publications in which Renata's photographs/artworks have appeared, please see Clinets page . You can also see a few samples of her PUBLISHED WORK SAMPLES here.

M A J O R A W A R D S
2001 - The first place, Glamour Photography, “Popular Photography”magazine
2000 – The first place, gold medal and Kodak’s Trophy, Canadian Association of Photographic Art (Pictorial division).
2000 - prize in digital imaging , Hasselblad Austrian Super Circuit
1997 –The first place, Glamour photography, “Popular Photography”
1995 – The 3rd place, Fine Art Creative Photography, "Popular Photography"
1994 - The 3rd place, "Photo Life" magazine
1994 –Two 3rd places (LOT and "The New Science Fiction" magazine).
1993 - Two 3rd places, "Photo Life" magazine
1993 -The 2nd place, "Picture my Hometown”, "Petersen's Photographic” magazine
1996 - A merit in CAPIC contest (The Canadian Association for Photographers and Illustrators in Communications)

Several Honourable Mentions

C O L L E C T I O N S
Artwork is in many private collections around the world including Canada, USA, Germany, Finland, France and Poland.