Nominations and Awards:
2020 Critical Mass (Photolucida) Top 50 Photographer, USA
2020 Silver & Bronze Winner, Honorable Mention Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3), France
2020 Winner (single) Portrait of Humanity BJP/ 1854, UK
2020 Shortlist Wellcome Photography Prize, UK
2020 Finalist All About Photo Awards - The Mind’s Eye, USA
2020 Honorable Mention Moscow International Photo Awards: Editorial-Photo Essay, Russia
2020 Semi-finalist Head On Portrait Award, Australia
2020 Nominee Fine Art Photography Awards: People (Amateur), USA
2020 Finalist Portraits - Hellerau Photography Award, Germany
2019 "Remarkable Artwork" (storyboard) Siena International Photo Awards, Italy
2019 Shortlist Out from the Mist/Photographic Representations of Mental Health, Australia
2019 Nominee Felix Schoeller Photo Award: (Best Work by an Emerging Photographer Category), Germany
2019 Finalist Hahnemühle’s International Student Photo Competition, Germany
2019 Bronze Moscow International Photo Awards: Editorial-Photo Essay, Russia
2019 Finalist Portraits - Hellerau Photography Award, Germany
2018 Silver Winner (Portfolio-Personal), Tokyo International Foto Awards, Japan
2018 Finalist VGH-Fotopreis, Hannover, Germany
2018 Finalist: Student Award of the Festival of Ethical Photography (World Report Award), Italy
2018 Honorable Mentions: IPA International Photography Award (Deeper Perspective) & Tokyo International Foto Award (Essay)
2018 Honorable Mention: Monovisions Photography Awards, USA
2018 Finalist Portraits - Hellerau Photography Award, Germany
Group-Exhibitions & Talks:
2021 Barcelona, Spain (upcoming)
2020 Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad, India (upcoming)
2020 Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest, Hungary
2020 Technisches Museum Dresden, Germany
2019/20 Museumsquartier Osnabrück, Germany
2019 ABC Building Brisbane, Australia
2019 Pumpenhaus Dresden, Germany
2019 Talk at World Press Photo Exhibition 2018, Oldenburg, Germany
2019 GAF Galerie für Fotografie, Hanover, Germany
2018 Festspielhaus Hellerau/Dresden, Germany
2014 Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany
Articles/Features:
The Simple Press, In Conversation With: Mirja Maria Thiel, 2020
British Journal of Photography, Anouncing the Winners of Portrait of Humanity 2020
faz/net/aktuell/wissen: Wellcome Photography Prize: Unsichtbares Leid in starken Bildern von Sonja Kastilan
@guardian feature from shortlist @wellcomephotoprize 2020
Lensculture Portrait Awards 2020 Competition Gallery
@guardian feature from shortlist @portrait_of_humanity 2020
Lenscratch Fine Art Photography Daily: The 2020 Self-Quarantining Exhibition
feature shoot - weekly newsletter/reader submissions spotlight and @featureshoot (February 2020)
©donttakepictures: Photo of the Day, 13th January 2020
Lenscratch Fine Art Photography Daily: The Your Favorite Photograph of 2019 Exhibition
Fine Art Printer e-magazine 01/2020: Special: Finalists Hahnemühle Student Photo Competition
Lenscratch Fine Art Photography Daily: The 2019 Family Exhibition
PH Museum, February/April 2019 (Educational program)
Published:
Portrait of Humanity, Vol 2. London: Hoxton Mini Press, 2020
AAP Magazine "Special Edition All About Photo Awards 2020"
Portraits Catalogue - Hellerau Photography Award 2020
Portraits Catalogue - Hellerau Photography Award 2019
PhotoNews, Portfolio, 02/2019
Portraits Catalogue - Hellerau Photography Award 2018
Weserkurier Bremen, photo-reportages, 2017/18