Sophia Evans

2003 FiftyCrows PhotoFund Winner - Europe Region

About Sophia

Sophia Evans has a degree in Latin American Studies from Portmouth University, England, and a post-graduate degree in photojournalism from London College of Printing and Distributive Trades. In 1993, she began her professional photojournalism career freelancing for British press institutions such as The Observer and The Sunday Telegraph. She has traveled extensively in India, Brazil, Bolivia, and throughout Africa on assignment, In 2002, Evans was one of twelve international photographers selected to participate in the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass. She has exhibited and received honors at the Visa Pour L'image photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France and is currently a member of NB Pictures, a London-based photo agency.

Although Evans is a busy photojournalist with the mainstream press in the United Kingdom, her passions lie in pursuing long-term projects. In 1996, she began a photographic study along the Mosquito Coast of Nicaragua, a body of work for which she continues to receive acclaim. In March of last year, she was commissioned to cover a story in Lagos, Nigeria's sprawling capital. Her visit sparked the beginnings of an on-going project in Nigeria of epic scope, to which her essay Dirty Oil Business belongs.