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Mia Mala McDonald

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Mia Mala McDonald is a Melbourne (Naarm) based lifestyle, commercial and editorial photographer. People and play are at the essence of Mia’s work - she’s known for getting even the toughest subjects to walk off from set with a smile, and underpins this with a strong use of colour, form and nuanced attention to detail.

 

It’s this combination of personality and practicality that has lead to work with a diverse set of clients including the New York Times Magazine, Allen and Unwin Publishers, The Monthly, City Of Melbourne, RACV, Courtney Barnett, Victorian Tourism, Australian Olympic Committee, Deakin University, Chunky Move and ABC

 

Mia won the 2021 Martin Kantor Portrait Prize with her image of AFLW star Darcy Vescio, and has been a finalist in the National Photographic Portrait prize, Olive Cotton Award, the Bowness Photography Prize, the Iris Award, and the Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize and the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2022.

 

In December 2022 Mia will publish her debut photobook, 'Rainbow Portraits', a tender documentation of Australia’s many Rainbow Families.

 

Follow Mia on Instagram. Visit Mia's website.

 

 

 

 

Mia Mala McDonald is a Melbourne (Naarm) based lifestyle, commercial and editorial photographer. People and play are at the essence of Mia’s work - she’s known for getting even the toughest subjects to walk off from set with a smile, and underpins this with a strong use of colour, form and nuanced attention to detail.

 

It’s this combination of personality and practicality that has lead to work with a diverse set of clients including the New York Times Magazine, Allen and Unwin Publishers, The Monthly, City Of Melbourne, RACV, Courtney Barnett, Victorian Tourism, Australian Olympic Committee, Deakin University, Chunky Move and ABC

 

Mia won the 2021 Martin Kantor Portrait Prize with her image of AFLW star Darcy Vescio, and has been a finalist in the National Photographic Portrait prize, Olive Cotton Award, the Bowness Photography Prize, the Iris Award, and the Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize and the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2022.

 

In December 2022 Mia will publish her debut photobook, 'Rainbow Portraits', a tender documentation of Australia’s many Rainbow Families.

 

Follow Mia on Instagram. Visit Mia's website.

 

 

Rainbow Giving

Troye Sivan

Roadtrip

ABC Eat the Invaders

Darcy Vescio

Science Gallery

Ansell

Hannah Gadsby

Courtney Barnett

The Little Mag

Magda Szubanski

Bowness 2024

Victorian Art Centre

William

Tarts Anon

Rainbow Giving

Rainbow Giving

Rainbow Giving

Rainbow Giving

Tarts Anon

Tarts Anon

Tarts Anon

Tarts Anon

Tarts Anon

Tarts Anon

Victorian Art Centre

Victorian Art Centre

Victorian Art Centre

Victorian Art Centre

Victorian Art Centre

Victorian Art Centre

Victorian Art Centre

Victorian Art Centre

Four Pillars Gin

Four Pillars Gin

Four Pillars Gin

Seniors Festival

Seniors Festival

Seniors Festival

Seniors Festival

AMEX

AMEX

AFLW

Lisa Millar

Tony Armstrong

Science Gallery Melbourne

Science Gallery Melbourne

Science Gallery Melbourne

Australian Indigenous Olympians

Australian Indigenous Olympians

Australian Indigenous Olympians

Australian Indigenous Olympians

Courtney Barnett

Courtney Barnett

Darcy Vescio

Darcy Vescio

Spicks & Specks

Bill Henson

Bill Henson

Ansell

Ansell

Ansell

Womens Afghan Soccer Team

Womens Afghan Soccer Team

Womens Afghan Soccer Team

Womens Afghan Soccer Team

Levi's

Levi's

Levi's

Levi's

Levi's

Levi's

Levi's

Levi's

Levi's

Troye Sivan

Troye Sivan

Troye Sivan

Shannon Martinez

Shannon Martinez

Shannon Martinez

Hannah Gadsby

Hannah Gadsby

Missy Higgins

Missy Higgins

Missy Higgins

Courtney Barnett

Courtney Barnett

Courtney Barnett

Courtney Barnett

Maeve Grieve

Maeve Grieve

Andrew WK

Magda Szubanski

Reko Rennie

Vanessa Muradian

Tim Ross

Victoria

Tamara Shelton

Tamara Shelton

Mark Dreyfus

Lilla Harvey

Renee So

Alice

Georgie Tunny

Helen Garner

Helen Garner

4AD

Jeff Khan

Dusty

Woolfie

Sidney

Esther

Betrix

Judd

Will

Sidney

The Little Mag

The Little Mag

The Little Mag

Ice Cream Kids

The Little Mag

Little M8s

Little M8s

Little M8s

Little M8s

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

William

Happy Birthday

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Once in a Lullaby: A Portrait of Australian Rainbow Families

Why Doesn't She Crack a Smile?