Marie Valencia is a New Zealand-based photographer working across architecture, landscape, and travel. Her work explores the relationship between the built environment and the natural world, documenting places through an attentive use of light, composition, and atmosphere.

Drawing on a background in graphic design, Marie approaches photography with a strong sensitivity to form, balance, and spatial relationships. Her images are guided by observation rather than intervention, capturing architecture within its wider context and revealing the details, textures, and qualities that define a place.

Travel remains a central influence on her practice. Through time spent exploring diverse landscapes and cultures, she has developed an appreciation for the ways people shape and inhabit their environments. This perspective informs a body of work that seeks to document places honestly and with clarity, whether photographing contemporary homes, remote retreats, or the landscapes that surround them.

Working throughout New Zealand and beyond, Marie collaborates with architects, designers, accommodation providers, and publications to create imagery that is both considered and enduring.


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