Hello, I’m sophia.
I am a British & Maldivian photojournalist and documentary photographer primarily focusing on environmental issues and the climate emergency.
I am one of the three 2025 Revolutionary Storytellers and Grant Winners for Photographers Without Borders.
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)
FELLOWSHIPS & Scholarships
PhotoAsia Decoding the Anthropocene: Tackling the Climate Crisis (2025)
Photographers Without Borders Revolutionary Storyteller (2025)
The Green Institute Green Fellow (2025)
Creature Conserve Joint Scholarship with Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme (2025)
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
Heritage of the Heart 2025 Central Saint Martins, London - exhibitor
EARTH PHOTO 2025 Royal Geographical Society, London - exhibitor
Publications
Magey Raajje Nethidhanee Degree Show Artists Responding To… Magazine Issue #13 (2025)
Flying Girls Hyphen. (2025)
Mas Meehun Hotelier Maldives (2025)
Magey Raajje Nethidhanee No Wasteman Magazine Issue #01 (To Be Published)
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.