Ella Richie Teresa DeMaria

Ella Richie Teresa DeMaria (she/they) is an award-winning writer, photographer, musician, and performance artist from Santa Barbara, California who currently lives in the Mojave desert. She enjoys spending time outdoors, and spending time with friends and family and her dog Indigo. She has served with the National Park Service as a campground and fees ranger and currently works in conservation and environmental media. She has written for publications like Bust Magazine, the Santa Barbara Independent, Desert Times, Santa Barbara Visitors Magazine, and Occidental Weekly, interviewed and reviewed some of the biggest figures in music, film, television, and received the California News Publishers Association 1st Place Award for Non-Profile Feature, 2017. Ella also writes fictional works and poetry. She records and produces music with Voices Of Where, Loma Dolora, Stars Ark, Bygone Pecan, and with Linking Lines (among others), and once toured with Nite Jewel and Chairlift as a keyboardist and merch person.

Thanks for coming by!

- Ella and Indigo

Email for photo print and writing inquiries: ellarichiedemaria@gmail.com or demariarichard@gmail.com

Last updated: Monday, September 23, 2024

Modeling

LA Film photos 2023 by @filmbykait_ Kait De Angelis

Yucca Valley photos 2021 by @heyjesshi Jessica Castro

Suitcase and Red jacket portrait by @virilefem and asst/post: @phantomphotographic

Lizard’s Mouth 2020 series by Liam Paul Photography @lpaultography

Lizard's Mouth 2016 series, Love Shows the Way with Tree, and Playgirl by Roxanne Manders

Love Shows the Way series by Jorge Rivas and Wendy Ann

Carrizo Plain series by Urth Angel

Pride/Love Yourself portraits by Sara MacFarlane

Drishti series and Death Valley dune portraits by Candice Davantsiz

Nasturtium by Brandon Marcus

Anza Borrego by Alexandra Neuman and Sage Ryza

Seeing Double by Nya Burke

Sedona by Timur Tusiray

Joshua Tree Tiki House by Katherine Bottoms and Alex Coleman

Lizards Mouth Smiles series and Copenhagen by Pamela DeMaria

All else by Ella Richie DeMaria

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Headshots

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Sierra Nevada Scenes

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California Coasts

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Los Padres & Carrizo Plain

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Death Valley 2024

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Death Valley & Mojave Deserts

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Winter in Utah 2020

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American Southwest

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