Photography has always been a part of me. As a little girl, I was the one dancing in front of the camera, doing all the dancer poses on the family trips and honestly, being a bit of a diva. So naturally, when I was in school, I started taking more and more photos of myself. Want a fun fact? I actually got named ‘Most Photogenic’ in the high school magazine in 2010! When I was 15, I got gifted my first ever DSLR for my birthday. Life for me in high school was really challenging, so photography became the gateway to seeing beauty in other forms. I started taking on formal photography jobs for $50 when I was in my final year of school and became pretty known for being the girl with the camera.

It felt like the only way forward, was to continue my love for photography by going and studying a Bachelor of Photography majoring in Photojournalism in 2014. I moved to Brisbane and fell madly in love with the world of social documentary and using my artistic eye to tell stories that felt deeply important to me. I photographed my grandma’s life as a widow all through university (it was gorgeous at how much I learnt throughout that time) and even started my own travel blog called ‘Adventures of Soph’ that later became a really big chapter of my life in 2018.

But it was self-portraiture that truly changed everything for me.

After a one-night stand in England whilst I was on a Uni exchange program, I began taking photos of myself. It was far from beautiful. It actually was incredibly triggering and I can still feel it in my body how that moment felt, let alone, having to share the images in front of my class later that day as it was part of a uni project. It may have taken me almost a decade to see those images and smile, but it was definitely the catalyst in my journey towards falling madly in love with myself and no longer hiding.

I began photographing women in boudoir and self love photography experiences in 2020 and it completely woke the tiger in me. I started to explore my sensuality, sexuality and dove pretty deep into shadow work, particularly around my body and past sexual traumas. Over time, I started to find this unfuckwithable energy and confidence within myself and although that has ebbed and flowed throughout the last 5 years, it’s well and truly alive and a steady in my life now.