Experience Overview
Otha Sonnie has over thirty years of experience in the photographic business.
He developed his love for camera work at Saint Augustine’s College, while working as the official campus photographer. He also worked as a photojournalist for the local newspaper and as a staff photographer for a local photographic studio. His post college professional career began as an in-house photographer for an electronics manufacturer in Norwood, Massachusetts, and continued at Polaroid Corporation of Cambridge Massachusetts, where he worked as an image analyst in customer service, Industrial Marketing Analyst and Industrial Products Test Photographer, gaining experience working with Polaroid’s wide range of large format films and industrial cameras.
Otha's portraiture, still and special occasion photography showcases people in posed and candid shots and dramatically highlights commercial work by his unique use of light and shadow.
As well as portraiture, marketing production and special occasion photography, Otha contributes regularly to the local community newspaper's arts and events pages, accompanying articles written about local exhibits and events. His work has been seen and published nationally. Most recently, he has exhibited at the West Medford Open Studios, Arlington Center for the Arts and Two Paws Studio Exhibit.
He has a home studio in Medford, and a studio offering a range of photographic services. Otha also teaches Digital Photography and Photographic Lighting classes for the several local retail and educational institutions and sponsoring agencies.
Otha's work can be seen on this website, the West Medford Open Studios website at www.wmos.org, and via appointment by contacting him at 781-488-3229 during normal business hours or by writing to him at osonnie@aol.com.
