Freelance photographer based in Madrid. She combines editorial work with her personal projects that delve into the indissoluble relationship bet-ween collective history and individual memory, showing the light and shadows that events and the pas- sage of time leave on people, places, things and words. Since 2000 she has regularly published in national and international magazines. In the international arena his photos have appeared in media such as: Monocle, Libération, La Repubblica, Die Zeit, The European, Tages Anzeiger, Timeout, Stern, Point de Vue, Financial Times, NY Times, Life & Style (MX), De Luxe (NL), GQ Taiwan, GQ Italia, GQ Mexico, Vogue NL, Courrier JP, Revista Sábado PT, Esquire Singapore, Esquire Malasia o Marie Claire Australia. She also collaborates regularly with Spanish magazines. Since 2008, she is a regular contributor at the maga-zine Vanity Fair and El País Semanal, where she has published more than 150 reports and more than 20 covers. Sofía has exhibited her work in Spain, Mexico, Belgium and Madagascar. Her main books include Ellos y nosotros (Blume. 2006) – a portrait of the younger generation that fought in the Spanish Civil War – and Who deserves to die? (PHREE. 2018) – a plea against the death penalty. Since 2022 she has been part of the women’s photography platform comoserfotografa.com She has been part of the PhotoEspaña Festival in PHE08, PHE18, PHE21 and PHE23. She also works as a tea-cher in several art schools and universities as well as for the Prado Museum Foundation. In addition to private collections, she has worked in the Photography Collection of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. In 2023 she was awarded the 14th Piedad Isla National Prize.

FAIRGROUND ATTRACTIONS, 2024



Summer fairs serve as the chosen setting to capture a portrait of teenagers in Spain. It’s a vision of an age when everything is waiting to be discovered and experienced. Teenagers go partying without adult supervision for the first time. And there they find a new family: their friends. Everything is thrilling; —living without oversight, gathering, sneaking sips, gazing, drinking, smoking, and kissing. And then there is the night that fills everything, despite the bright attempts of bulbs and neon lights trying to delay it. The light fades, and the adventure grows. Teenagers step into the darkness they’ve always been protected from. It’s a portrait of those fleeting hours that mark the beginning of life.