There's something quietly beautiful about a life lived across hemispheres, and mine has been exactly that. Born and raised in Aotearoa New Zealand, I found myself calling Australia home at sixteen — and since then, the world has had its way with me. Morocco, Oman, Qatar, the United States... each place left something behind in the way I see light, colour, and the stories people carry.
These days, Sydney is home (though Melbourne will always have a special room in it — nine years is no small thing). I'm a single mum to three incredible children, each in their own beautiful chapter of life, and honestly? Motherhood has made me a better creative. It's taught me to find the extraordinary in the everyday — and that's exactly what I bring to my work.
My relationship with imagery started long before it became a career. As a little girl, I was forever collecting, cutting, curating — scrapbooks overflowing, walls covered, fingers perpetually paint-stained. That same love never left. It just grew up with me, moving through graphic design, fine art, calligraphy, photography, and eventually into the role I hold now: Creative Director & Photographer.
Two decades in, and I still get that flutter when a frame comes together just right.
My faith grounds everything I do. As a practicing Muslim, I'm drawn to meaning, to intention, to the idea that what we create should carry something real — something true. That's the energy I pour into every project I take on.
"I creatively visualize what is in your mind through my lens — I put the extra in the ordinary."
If something in my work has stopped you mid-scroll, made you feel something, or simply felt like it was speaking your language — I'd love to hear from you.
Let's make something that matters.
Z.