Snezhana von Büdingen, born in 1983 in Perm, Russia, lives and works as an independent photographer in Cologne (Germany). Von Büdingen studied communication management with a major in journalism at the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück. From 2013 to 2016 she completed her photography studies at the Cologne Photoacademy (Germany). She focuses on social issue photography and portraiture.
Her works have been published in such media as „TIME" (USA), "Die Zeit“(Germany), "Der Spiegel“(Germany), „Stern“(Germany), „Photonews“(Germany), „DeMorgen“(Belgium), „deVolkskrant“(Netherland), „Polka“(France), „PhotoWorld“(China).
Von Buedingen work has been exhibited in Leica Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany (2020), National Portrait Gallery London (2019), ICP (Int’l Center of Photography), NY, USA (Juni 2019), ClampArt Gallery, New York, USA (2018), White Box Publika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2018), Somerset House, London, UK (2017 and 2018), Leica Gallery, Milan, Italy (2018), among others.
Von Büdingen has received awards and prizes at a few international photography competitions:
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, London, UK 2019, Shortlist
ipa (International Photography Awards), USA 2019, Winner, category “Analog / Film Photographer Of the Year”
Leica Oskar Barnack Award, Germany 2019, Finalist
PORTRAITS Hellerau Photography Award, Germany 2019, Winner
Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards, Malaysia 2018, Finalist category Photo Storys
The Alfred Fried Photography Award, Austria 2018, Shortlist LensCulture Portrait Awards 2018, Finalist
ZEISS Photography Award 2018, Shortlist
Nikon 100th anniversary Photo Award 2017, Winner
SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2017, Shortlist category „Professional Portraiture“
This elegant coming-of-age series follows a young woman with Down syndrome as she experiences love, friendship and the nurturing bonds with her mother and nature.
