Hello, I’m sophia.
I am a British & Maldivian photojournalist and documentary photographer primarily focusing on environmental issues and the climate emergency.
I am the current Ocean Culture Life Ambassador for the Maldives, and a cohort member of Photo South Asia’s co-learning group Decoding the Anthropocene: Tackling the Climate Crisis for 2025.
Interested in my work? Let’s chat.
Education
GOLDSMITHS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON MPhil/PhD Visual Anthropology (2026-)
UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON MA Photojournalism & Documentary Photography (2021-2024)
KINGSTON UNIVERSITY BA(Hons) Illustration & Animation (2013-2017)
BRIGHTON MET COLLEGE Foundation Diploma in Art & Design (2012-2013)
Exhibitions
More 2017 Oxo Tower Gallery, London - exhibitor
To The Ground 2022 Orleans House Gallery, London - exhibitor, curation team
Variations 2022 Safe House 1 & 2 Peckham, London - exhibitor, curation team
Postgraduate Selects Autumn 2022 London College of Communication, London - curator
My Body May Be Tired But My Creative Mind Isn’t: Through Our Senses 2022 Central Saint Martins, London - curator
Postgraduate Selects Spring 2023 London College of Communication, London - curator
Strength & Love: Through Community 2023 Lethaby Gallery, London - curator
Stories To Tell: Through Our Eyes 2023 London College of Communication, London - curator
Stories To Tell: Through Our Textiles 2023 Lethaby Gallery, London - curator
Postgraduate Selects Autumn 2023 London College of Communication, London - curator
Bill of Health 2024 Lethaby Gallery, London - exhibitor
Who Cares 2024 Fringe Arts Bath Festival, Bath - exhibitor
Free To Be Me 2024 London College of Communication, London - curator
Postgraduate Selects Autumn 2024 London College of Communication, London - exhibitor
Women by Women 2025 SE Center of Photography, USA - exhibitor
RBSA Photography Prize 2025 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery, Birmingham - exhibitor
Publications
Magey Raajje Nethidhanee Artists Responding To… Magazine Issue #13 (2025)
Magey Raajje Nethidhanee No Wasteman Magazine Issue #01 (2025)
Flying Girls Hyphen. (2025)
Panels & workshops
Freelancing As A Creative 2019 Kingston University, London - panelist
Queer Minorities Liberation 2022 University of the Arts, London - panel host
ACUI International Student Communities 2022 University of Massachusetts, Boston - panelist
Safe Space Crits: Disability History Month 2023 University of the Arts, London - co-facilitator
Speaking Through Flowers Cyanotype Workshop & Safe Space Crits: LGBTQ+ History Month 2023 University of the Arts, London - facilitator
Queer Zines workshop with UAL Libraries & UAL AmaZINES: LGBTQ+ History Month 2023 University of the Arts, London - workshop facilitator
Stories To Tell Exhibition Panel South Asian Heritage Month 2023 University of the Arts, London - panel host
Students & The Cost of Living Crisis 2023 University of Connecticut, Connecticut - facilitator & panelist
Politics & Students 2023 University of Connecticut, Connecticut - facilitator & panelist
Student Rental Crisis 2024 Safehouses 1 & 2 Peckham, London - facilitator & panelist
Storytelling As A Market Access Tool 2025 Maldives Tuna ThinkTank, Maldives - facilitator & speaker
If you are a recruiter, or looking to hire a photojournalist, you can see my résumé here.