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Sonja Hofmann is based in Hamburg/Germany working as a freelance commercial & editorial photographer who is specialized in food photography. Focusing on detail, design and props, as well as capturing the right moment to make the food look the most appetizing is very important for her work.

During her photography studies at the University of Applied Science in Dortmund she has spent a year assisting two food photographers in New York City as well as being part of a four weeks lasting workshop at the Tshingua University in Beijing/China. She also assisted various food photographers before and after she finished her studies in 2003 and moving to Hamburg in 2007.
In 2008 she got selected as BFF-Professional (The Professional Association of Freelance Photographers and Film Creators). In 2018 and 2019 she also functioned as mentor for young photographers who participated in the BFF Förderpreis http://www.foerderpreis.bff.de.

Today she works for various advertising companies such as Jung von Matt, Scholz & Friends / Switzerland, Grabarz & Partner, Dokyo, Draftfcb, Butter etc. as well as for magazines like Stern, Brigitte, Stern Gesund leben and so on -> client list

selected for Lürzer’s 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide 2020

SILVER AWARD One Eyeland 2019: Photographer of the Year – Advertising FOOD
SILVER AWARD One Eyeland 2019: Photographer of the Year – Advertising Selfpromotion

GOLD AWARD One Eyeland 2018: Photographer of the Year – Advertising Product|Still life

24 Kekse bis Weihnachten – Das Adventskalender Backbuch zum Aufhängen ISBN 978-3-00-067130-2

Foodphoto Festival in Vejle, Dänemark