About the Photographer
Sofia Stead is a documentary filmmaker and photographer from Argentina whose work moves between film and still images. Her practice consistently explores how people—particularly women—relate to the land, and how creativity shapes their daily lives, identities, and possibilities.
Her projects often focus on women who quietly sustain their communities through care, craft, and labor that is rarely seen or recognized. In northern Argentina, she has documented Qom women living in El Impenetrable, a remote forest where life is deeply intertwined with the landscape. Their daily routines—walking together to harvest palm leaves, weaving baskets, and sharing time and conversation—form the core of her visual storytelling, emphasizing process, community, and connection over final outcomes.
Across other bodies of work, Sofi Stead follows women living near the sea or in small rural towns, paying close attention to subtle gestures and repetitive actions that reveal intimacy with place. Her approach is calm and observational, favoring natural light, minimal staging, and long-term presence that allows trust to develop. Balancing visual strength with ethical responsibility, her work seeks to honor the dignity and complexity of the people who share their stories.
Through her films and photographs, Stead views the camera as a way to slow down, to make the overlooked visible, and to invite viewers to remain a little longer with lives and questions that matter.
