Biography

Sophie Brändström, (born in Stockholm, in 1962) is a documentary photographer. After studying sociology and psychology in London, she joined the Art Institute in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and turned to journalistic photographic writing. She continues her journey as a photojournalist, serving the dailies Boca Raton News and Miami Herald. Daily press photographer, she covered American society for four years (1992-1996). Imbued with this American experience, which deals with subjects, anchored in everyday life, which evolves over time, she joins the Public Eye, a collective of photographers in Paris.



She is particularly attracted to subjects that are human and other, more heritage on the links between people and their territories. "I accompany over a long period of time, and patiently create close ties with populations of multiple origins, with this curiosity, mixed with the desire to testify. "



She explores the weight of history and social conventions on the individual, while varying the techniques of shooting and opening up to video documentaries.



Listening, analysis and commitment are the keywords of Sophie Brändström's approach. Testifying through stories rooted in everyday life, the most invisible and resolutely contemporary, his photographic approach is recognized by his sensitivity and meaning keen respect for the Other that she has sought to share since this year in her teaching at the EFET photography school.



Sophie Brändström has received numerous prizes and awards for her publications, documentaries and films. Winner of multiple public commissions, she has exhibited her photographs in Paris, France and abroad.



She is represented by Signatures.

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