Sofia Aldinio is an Argentine documentary photographer and multimedia storyteller based in Portland, Maine. She is a Pulitzer Center grantee working on long term personal projects. Her work uses collaborative practices to tell stories about immigration, climate change, women and culture within underrepresented communities. She is currently working as a freelancer as well as a part time staff photographer at the Portland Press Herald. She is also an educator, workshop facilitator and has collaborated with the Pulitzer Center Education team.

A large part of Sofia's documentary work focuses on amplifying stories of immigrants and refugees arriving in the Northeast of the United States. She was awarded several grants through the Maine Art Commission and the Kindling Fund to develop community based projects that explores what it means to belong –  to one’s self, to a culture, to a geographic location and to a new community. The projects are still being exhibited throughout the state of Maine inviting viewers to explore the meaning of “home” through the shared language of art.

Sofia is currently working on a project about how climate change is threatening traditions and ways of life in small communities living in Baja California that depend directly on natural resources to survive. The project was funded by the Pulitzer Center, won the Zeke Award, was exhibited at Photoville and published by several publications. The project will become an archival document for the communities she is documenting.

Her work has been published and featured in National Geographic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, ProPublica, Bloomberg, NPR, Portland Press Herald, LaNacion (Argentina), Atmos, among others. She has worked for non-profits such as Parley, Maine Wabanaki REACH, Maine Immigrants’ Rights, Indigo Art Alliance and she is a regular contributor to Patagonia, sharing her passion for the outdoors with her family.

She is a proud member of Women Photograph, Diversify Photo.