Snezhana von Büdingen-Dyba (b.1983) is a German photographer focuses on social issue photography and portraiture. She works on some personal long-term photographic projects. One of these is the “Meeting Sofie” series. Von Büdingen-Dyba photograph Sofie, a teenage-girl with Down syndrome, for more than five years and capturing the mystique of her transition from girl to woman in her introverted glory. The series „Meeting Sofie” got several prestigious awards such as Leica Oscar Barnack Award (2019) and Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait prize (2019). Her work has been published worldwide, with interviews and features in TIME Magazine, The British Journal of Photography, 6Mois Magazine, Der Spiegel. Von Büdingen-Dyba’ photographs has been exhibited in museums and galleries such as Fotografiska Museum Stockholm, Leica Gallery, National Portrait Gallery London, ClampArt Gallery NY, Somerset House London, now residing in the permanent collection of the Fotografiska Museum Stockholm.
