Meeting Sofie

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Photographer

Snezhana Von Büdingen
Prize

Analog / Film Photographer Of the Year
Date of Photograph

2017-2019
Technical Info

Hasselblad 500 CM, Lens: Hasselblad 100mm, Hasselblad 50mm
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Website

https://www.vonbuedingen.com

I got to know Sofie and her family in the autumn of 2017. She’d just finished school and spent almost every day on the family estate in Eilensted (Germany). Visiting Sofie and her family for over a 2 years, I experienced their everyday lives; sharing at that time the highs and lows of her first steps into love. However, Sofie’s relationship with boyfriend Andy ended the following summer. Sofie continues to live on the farm estate with her parents, her brother and the countless animals.

Biography

Snezhana von Büdingen is a Cologne-based photographer. Renowned for her portraiture and social documentary artwork. Von Buedingen, born in 1983 in Perm, Russia, studied Journalism at the University in Osnabrueck and Photography at the Fotoakademie Cologne. The exploration of people, culture, and life are the central facets of her work. She always chooses to shoot with analogue film on her projects.
Awards

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2019, UK, Finalist Leica Oskar Barnack Award, Germany 2019, Finalist Sente Antu Cup International Photo Contest, China 2019, Winner PORTRAITS Hellerau Photography Award, Germany 2019, Winner The independent photographer Competition, UK 2019, Finalist VONOVIA Photo Award, Germany 2018, Finalist Prix VIRGINIA International photography prize for women, France 2018, Finalist LIFE FRAMER Photography Prize 2018, UK 2018, Winner Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards, Malaysia 2018, Finalist categorie Photo Storyes Le Prix de la Photographie de Paris, France 2018, Winner The Alfred Fried Photography Award, Austria 2018, Shortlist LensCulture Portrait Awards 2018, Finalist ZEISS Photography Award 2018, Shortlist Nikon 100th anniversary Photo Award 2017, Winner PROFIFOTO MAGAZIN New Talent Award 2018, Winner VERZASCA Foto Award 2017, Finalist SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2017, Shortlist category „Professional Portraiture“