Amsterdam born photographer Babiche Martens grew up in Auckland with a vague feeling that she was from neither here, nor there. So, without anything regimenting her to one idea or culture, she developed a curious take on the people and spaces around her from a young age.

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Whilst spending a year in Tokyo as a teenager, she used Instamatic, Polaroid and 3d Japanese cameras as a means to document her experiences. The end result, a kind of ‘diary of images’, inspired her return to Auckland to complete a Bachelor In Design, majoring in Photography.

On completion of her degree, she travelled extensively and was drawn back to Amsterdam where she assisted a leading Dutch fashion photographer.

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In 2006 Babiche came home to a permanent position as Features Photographer with the country’s leading newspaper, The New Zealand Herald. Weekly Viva and Canvas magazines have given her talent a place to speak, with her pictures of fashion, food and portraiture challenging the everyday standards of newspaper style publications.

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Her unique perspective has led her to win several awards throughout the years including the Award for Excellence by Society for News Design for her ‘Suburban Star Wars Series’, a QANTAS Media Award for Best Fashion Photograph, a prestigious PANPA award for Lifestyle Photography, a Cathay Pacific Travcom award for Best Unpublished Travel Image and her most recent achievement is the coveted Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer Of the Year. 

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In her spare time Babiche will be found photographing and styling cookbooks, enjoying her Auckland home, or travelling the world.