Country: Italy 🇮🇹
Born in Rome in 1985, Sonia Simbolo graduated in Literature and obtained a master's degree in Counselling. In 2014, she enrolled in a photography course and, unexpectedly, discovered her true passion. For almost 7 years, photography will remain her second job until, in 2022, it will become her only activity.
A professional photographer in her own right, she will focus on events and portraits. For two years, she will run a photography workshop for young people suffering from psychiatric disorders at the day centre “La fabbrica dei sogni”, producing a collective at the “Ro.Mens” Mental Health Festival.
But 2022 is also a decisive year for another reason: she will discover the genre of streetphotography that will allow her to finally embark on her artistic career.
A pupil of photographers of the calibre of Franco Fontana, Gustavo Minas, Susana Barbera and Stefano Mirabella, she won numerous awards in national and international contests: 4 honourable mentions at the “Paris Street Photo Awards” (2023), finalist at the “Women Street Photographers” (2023/2024/2025), second place winner and honourable mention at the “Annual Photography Awards” (2023), third place winner at the “Black And White Photo Awards” (2024), semi-finalist at the “Urban Photo Awards” (2024), finalist at the “Rome Photo Lab” (2024), second place winner at the “StreetAvengers” contest (2024), finalist at the “B&W Awards” of Street Macadam (2025), third place winner at the “Franco Pontiggia Memorial - Street Portraits” (2025), finalist at the “Oslo Street Photo Festival” (2025).
She is a member of the international collective “Women Street Photographers”, the brainchild of photographer Gulnara Lyabib Samoilova, and is among the curators of the international streetphotography page “StreetAvengers”.
She has two solo exhibitions to her credit: “Sonia non sognare” (2023) and “Verso Converso” (2023).
She was selected to take part in international group exhibitions: “100 Years 100 Women”, exhibited in Paris (2024) and at the “Mexico Street Photo Fest” (October 2025); “Seen By Her” exhibited in Jakarta (2025).
She was published in the magazine “BestSelected” (2023) and in the magazine “Street Journey in Italy” (2024).
...but she knows that she still has a long way to go and is eager to hit the road.
A professional photographer in her own right, she will focus on events and portraits. For two years, she will run a photography workshop for young people suffering from psychiatric disorders at the day centre “La fabbrica dei sogni”, producing a collective at the “Ro.Mens” Mental Health Festival.
But 2022 is also a decisive year for another reason: she will discover the genre of streetphotography that will allow her to finally embark on her artistic career.
A pupil of photographers of the calibre of Franco Fontana, Gustavo Minas, Susana Barbera and Stefano Mirabella, she won numerous awards in national and international contests: 4 honourable mentions at the “Paris Street Photo Awards” (2023), finalist at the “Women Street Photographers” (2023/2024/2025), second place winner and honourable mention at the “Annual Photography Awards” (2023), third place winner at the “Black And White Photo Awards” (2024), semi-finalist at the “Urban Photo Awards” (2024), finalist at the “Rome Photo Lab” (2024), second place winner at the “StreetAvengers” contest (2024), finalist at the “B&W Awards” of Street Macadam (2025), third place winner at the “Franco Pontiggia Memorial - Street Portraits” (2025), finalist at the “Oslo Street Photo Festival” (2025).
She is a member of the international collective “Women Street Photographers”, the brainchild of photographer Gulnara Lyabib Samoilova, and is among the curators of the international streetphotography page “StreetAvengers”.
She has two solo exhibitions to her credit: “Sonia non sognare” (2023) and “Verso Converso” (2023).
She was selected to take part in international group exhibitions: “100 Years 100 Women”, exhibited in Paris (2024) and at the “Mexico Street Photo Fest” (October 2025); “Seen By Her” exhibited in Jakarta (2025).
She was published in the magazine “BestSelected” (2023) and in the magazine “Street Journey in Italy” (2024).
...but she knows that she still has a long way to go and is eager to hit the road.