SORAYA MATOS | humanitarian, lifestyle, culture photographer.
More than a traveler of the globe, I am an explorer of ideas, using photography to document the full spectrum of the human experience while making us wonder about our society in an ever-expanding, interconnected world.
Based just north of San Francisco living on a 150-year old farm on the coast of Tomales Bay - I also work as a local in NYC + Portugal, and can often be found elsewhere.
Things that inspire me: the warmth of the sun // spontaneous in-between moments // the smell of brewing dark roast coffee // everything Pablo Neruda // abandoned and forgotten places // innovators and shakers // the magical unparalleled force of the ocean // the drive to experience as much as I can to keep moving forward.
Hujambo! I also founded a social impact initiative, JAMII YA NYUKI, that empowers Beekeepers in Tanzania, if you would be so kind to visit and support us:
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UNESCO ∙ Travel & Leisure ∙ Departures ∙ CNN ∙ Condé Nast Traveler ∙Vanity Fair ∙VICE ∙ Food & Wine ∙ Zagat ∙ BBC ∙ Bloomsbury Publishing ∙ Facebook ∙ Visit California ∙ Meredith Publishing ∙ ELLE Japan ∙ West Jet Magazine ∙ Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin ∙ Stern Magazine ∙ Orion Magazine ∙ GIZ∙ Parrish Art Museum ∙ Lava Mae ∙ The Solutions Project ∙GESTALTEN ∙ Wall Street Journal
2023 - Zingst Horizonte Photo Festival - FLORA, Exhibitor
2022 - Beth Urdang Gallery - FOOD, Exhibitor
2022 - Workshop Faculty, Orion x Omega Institute
2021 - Workshop Faculty, Evelyn Danzing Haas '39 Visiting Artists Program
2021 - Arizona State Museum, Wrapped in Color: Legacies of the Mexican Sarape exhibition
2021 - The Tens, Friends of Art Alumni Collection exhibition Weil Gallery
2020 - Palette Gallery, Flavors of Photography exhibition
2020 - UNESCO'S Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report
2019 - PHOTOVILLE NYC - Perspectives, Exhibitor
2019 - World Photography Organisation - Winner of The Swap Project, Exhibition at Somerset House, London, UK
2019 - Art on a Postcard Secret Summer Auction for The Hepatitis C Trust, Exhibition at Spitalfields: Shoreditch, London, UK
2018 - Lange-Taylor Prize semifinalist
2018 - Lucie Foundation Photo Taken - Scholarship shortlist
2018 - Lucie Foundation Emerging Artist - Scholarship shortlist
2018 - Magenta Foundation Flash Forward 2018 Winner
2017 - VICE Colombia Best Pictures of the Year
2017 - APA Something Personal Exhibition: 3rd place
2017 - Lucie Foundation Scholarship shortlist
2014 - Introspection Show at Beard and Weil Gallery: Best in Show
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