Mia Badenhorst is a South African fine art photographer currently living in Asia. She creates black and white photographs shaped by presence, visual awareness, and reverence for fleeting moments. Her work reveals a contemplative eye focused on the overlooked and subtly powerful, capturing scenes that invite quiet reflection and emotional depth.
"I use my camera to see the world in a better light." - Mia Badenhorst


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Artist Statement / About

I am a fine art black and white photographer from South Africa, currently living in Asia. My work is deeply rooted in presence, visual awareness, and a quiet gratitude for the world as it is.

I seek out fleeting, often overlooked moments that might pass by unnoticed. Most are focused on the intensity of colours, while an entirely different perspective exists. They get deterred by bad weather or "non-colourful" scenes, while my focus is on tonal variation in greyscale, contrast, mood and feeling. The exact conditions that deter others deliver exciting scenes and possibilities for me.

My "eyes"/what I see, is both intuitive and deliberate, shaped by my history, education, teaching, music, social media, media, a daily consumption of artistic work in many forms, and most importantly, humour and silliness. Honestly, zero thought happens at first when I see a potential photograph. It "zaps" me in the sternum, I feel an internal jolt to stop, and the potential photograph excites me. I can only allow my brain to work on quickly composing and a speedy camera settings check. If I analyse the scene or camera too much, I lose the moment, my initial focus, and the image lacks what I felt and saw.

I aim to create photographs that invite reflection, images that breathe, linger, and hold space for stillness in a noisy world. My hope is that you simply like an image. There doesn't have to be any more to it, "I like it" means it spoke to you in some way.