I focus on the client’s story and how my images connect with their wider purpose and goals. I’ve worked with brands, architects, and design and advertising agencies. Beyond commissioned work I pursue self-directed projects about under-reported issues I’m passionate about. My interests outside of photography include cycling, cooking and travelling to discover other cultures and environments.

Tash Hopkins

I focus on the client’s story and how my images connect with their wider purpose and goals. I’ve worked with brands, architects, and design and advertising agencies. Beyond commissioned work I pursue self-directed projects about under-reported issues I’m passionate about. My interests outside of photography include cycling, cooking and travelling to discover other cultures and environments.

Available to hire

I focus on the client’s story and how my images connect with their wider purpose and goals. I’ve worked with brands, architects, and design and advertising agencies. Beyond commissioned work I pursue self-directed projects about under-reported issues I’m passionate about.

My interests outside of photography include cycling, cooking and travelling to discover other cultures and environments.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Freelance assistant to photographers at Various photographers (Auckland and Sydney)
January 1, 2011 - October 12, 2025
Booked and organised equipment; assisted on shoots; managed digital workflow including downloading and backing up all shoot files.
In-house Photographer at O&M Advertising Agency
January 1, 2011 - Present
Contracted as in-house photographer. Clients included Airbnb, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi & Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone. Editorial clients included Blau magazine, Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis, Homestyle and Case Da Abitare.
Freelance Assistant to Photographers at Various
December 31, 2011 - October 12, 2025
Booking and organising equipment, assisting on shoots; digital operation, downloading and backing up all shoot files.
Freelance Photographer at Self-employed / O&M Advertising (in-house photographer contract)
January 1, 2011 - Present
Contracted as in-house photographer with O&M advertising agency (2011). Clients include Airbnb, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi and Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone. Editorial clients included Blau, Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis, Homestyle and Case Da Abitare.
Freelance Assistant to Photographers at Independent / Freelance
January 1, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Booking and organising equipment, assisting on shoots. Digital operating and downloading and backing up all shoot files.
Freelance Photographer at Self-employed / Independent
January 1, 2011 - Present
Freelance photographer. 2011: Contracted as in-house photographer with O&M advertising agency. Clients include: Airbnb, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi and Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone. Editorial Clients: Case Da Abitare, Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis and Homestyle magazine; Blau Magazine.
Freelance Assistant to Photographers at Various (Auckland and Sydney)
December 31, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Booking and organizing equipment, assisting on shoots; digital operating, downloading and backing up all shoot files.
In-house Photographer at O&M Advertising Agency
December 31, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Contracted as in-house photographer in 2011 for a range of clients including Air BnB, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi and Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone.
Freelance Photographer at Self-employed
January 1, 2011 - Present
Freelance photographer with editorial and brand clients such as Case Da Abitare, Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis and Homestyle; self-directed projects and ongoing client work.
Freelance assistant to photographers at Self-employed / Freelance
December 31, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Booking and organising equipment, assisting on the shoot. Digital operating and downloading and backing up all shoot files.
In-house Photographer at O&M Advertising Agency
December 31, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Contracted as in-house photographer with O&M advertising agency. Clients included Airbnb, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi & Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone; Editorial clients included Case Da Abitare, Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis and Homestyle Magazine Blau Magazine.
Freelance Photographer at Self-employed / Freelance
January 1, 2011 - Present
Freelance photographer. 2011 onwards; contracted as in-house photographer with O&M in 2011; clients included Airbnb, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi & Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone. Editorial clients: Case Da Abitare, Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis and Homestyle Magazine Blau Magazine.
Freelance assistant to photographers
January 1, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Booking and organising equipment, assisting on the shoot. Digital operating and downloading and backing up all shoot files.
In-house Photographer at O&M Advertising Agency
December 31, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Contracted as in-house photographer with O&M advertising agency. Clients include: Air BnB, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi and Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone. Editorial clients: Case Da Abitare, Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis and Homestyle magazine Blau Magazine.
Freelance Photographer
January 1, 2011 - Present
Freelance photographer. 2011: Contracted as in-house photographer with O&M advertising agency. Clients include: Air BnB, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi and Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone. Editorial Clients: Case Da Abitare, Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis and Homestyle magazine Blau Magazine.
Freelance photography assistant at Self-employed / Freelance
January 1, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Booked and organized equipment; assisted on shoots; performed digital workflow including downloading and backing up shoot files.
Freelance Photographer at Self-employed / Freelance
January 1, 2011 - Present
Contracted as in-house photographer with O&M advertising agency. Clients included Airbnb, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi & Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone. Editorial clients included Case Da Abitare, Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis and Homestyle magazine; Blau Magazine.
Freelance Assistant to Photographers
January 1, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Booking and organising equipment, assisting on shoots. Digital operating and downloading and backing up all shoot files.
In-house Photographer at O&M Advertising Agency
January 1, 2011 - Present
Contracted as in-house photographer with O&M advertising agency. Clients include Airbnb, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi & Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone. Editorial Clients: Case Da Abitare, Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis and Homestyle magazine Blau Magazine.
Freelance Photographer
January 1, 2011 - Present
Freelance photographer working with commercial and editorial clients; ongoing since 2011.
Freelance Assistant to Photographers at Self-employed / Freelance
December 31, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Booking and organizing equipment, assisting on shoots; handling digital operations, downloading and backing up all shoot files.
In-house Photographer (contracted) - O&M Advertising Agency at O&M Advertising Agency
January 1, 2011 - Present
Contracted as in-house photographer for O&M; produced imagery for clients including Air BnB, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi and Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone. Editorial clients included Case Da Abitare, Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis and Homestyle; Blau Magazine.
Freelance Assistant to Photographers
January 1, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Booking and organizing equipment, assisting on shoots; digital operation, downloading and backing up all shoot files.
In-house Photographer at O&M Advertising Agency
December 31, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Contracted as in-house photographer. Clients included Air BnB, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi and Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone. Editorial clients: Case Da Abitare, Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis and Homestyle Magazine.
Freelance Photographer
January 1, 2011 - Present
Freelance photographer with ongoing work for advertising and editorial clients; 2011 saw contracted in-house work with O&M, with continued freelance activity from 2011 to present.
Freelance assistant to photographers
December 31, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Booking and organising equipment, assisting on shoots; digital operating and downloading and backing up all shoot files.
Freelance Photographer at Self-employed
January 1, 2011 - Present
Freelance photographer. In 2011 contracted as in-house photographer with O&M advertising agency. Clients include Airbnb, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi & Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone. Editorial clients include Case Da Abitare, Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis and Homestyle; Blau Magazine.
Freelance Assistant to Photographers
January 1, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Booking and organising equipment, assisting on shoots; digital operating, downloading and backing up all shoot files.
Freelance Photographer
January 1, 2011 - Present
Contracted as in-house photographer with O&M advertising agency. Clients included Air BnB, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi and Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone. Editorial clients included Case Da Abitare, Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis and Homestyle magazine Blau Magazine.
Freelance Assistant
December 31, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Booking and organizing equipment, assisting on shoots; digital operation and downloading, backing up all shoot files.
Freelance Photographer at O&M Advertising Agency
January 1, 2011 - Present
In-house photographer contracted with O&M Advertising Agency. Worked with clients including Air BnB, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi & Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone. Editorial clients included Case Da Abitare, Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis, Homestyle and Blau Magazine.
Freelance assistant
January 1, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Booking and organising equipment, assisting on shoots; digital operating and downloading and backing up all shoot files.
Freelance photographer
January 1, 2011 - Present
Self-employed photographer. 2011 onward. Contracted as in-house photographer with O&M advertising agency. Clients include: Airbnb, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi & Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone. Editorial clients include Case Da Abitare, Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis and Homestyle; Blau Magazine.
In-house photographer at O&M Advertising Agency
January 1, 2011 - Present
Contracted as in-house photographer with O&M advertising agency. Clients include: Airbnb, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi & Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone. Editorial clients: Case Da Abitare, Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis and Homestyle; Blau Magazine.
Freelance assistant to photographers
January 1, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Booking and organising equipment, assisting on shoots; digital operating and downloading and backing up all shoot files.
Freelance photographer
January 1, 2011 - Present
Contracted as in-house photographer with O&M advertising agency. Clients include: Air BnB, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi and Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone. Editorial Clients: Case Da Abitare., Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis and Homestyle magazine Blau Magazine.
Freelance assistant to photographers
December 31, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Booking and organising equipment, assisting on shoots; digital operation, downloading and backing up shoot files.
In-house photographer at O&M Advertising Agency
December 31, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Contracted as in-house photographer in 2011. Clients included Air BnB, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi and Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone. Editorial clients included Case Da Abitare, Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis and Homestyle; Blau Magazine.
Freelance photographer
January 1, 2011 - Present
Independent photographer providing commercial and editorial photography; ongoing work with advertising agencies and magazines.
Freelance assistant to photographers
January 1, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Booking and organising equipment, assisting on the shoot. Digital operating and downloading and backing up all shoot files.
Freelance photographer at Self-Employed / Freelance
January 1, 2011 - Present
Contracted as in-house photographer with O&M advertising agency. Clients include: Air BnB, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi and Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone. Editorial Clients: Case Da Abitare., Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis and Homestyle magazine Blau Magazine.
Freelance assistant to photographers at Various photographers
January 1, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Booking and organising equipment, assisting on shoots; digital operation, downloading and backing up all shoot files.
In-house photographer at O&M Advertising Agency
January 1, 2011 - October 13, 2025
Contracted as in-house photographer. Clients include Air BnB, Colenso BBDO, Saatchi and Saatchi Design, The New York Times, The Guardian, Karen Walker, Citta, Peddle Thorp, Everyday Needs and Nuraphone.
Freelance photographer at Self-employed
January 1, 2011 - Present
Freelance photographer since 2011; editorial and brand clients include Case Da Abitare, Metro, Black, Next, Remix, Home, Britomart, Urbis and Homestyle; Blau Magazine.
Freelance assistant to photographers
January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2011
Booking and organising equipment, assisting on shoots. Digital operating, downloading and backing up all shoot files.

Education

Photobook Masterclass at Massey University
January 1, 2018 - October 13, 2025

Qualifications

Top 100 Photographers to Watch
January 1, 2017 - October 13, 2025
Massey University Photobook Masterclass
January 1, 2018 - October 13, 2025
Auckland Festival of Photography Portfolio Reviews
January 1, 2016 - October 13, 2025
Self-directed project featured in Art New Zealand
January 1, 2018 - October 13, 2025
Special Mention in the Urbanautica Prize
January 1, 2018 - October 13, 2025
Project featured in I.D. Australia and New Zealand magazine
January 1, 2019 - October 13, 2025
Nominated for the 6x6 World Press Photo’s Global Talent Programme
January 1, 2019 - October 13, 2025
Selected for the Women Photograph International Mentorship Programme
January 1, 2022 - October 13, 2025
Selected to join Women Photograph Collective
January 1, 2024 - October 13, 2025
Selected as one of the top 100 photographers to watch
January 1, 2017 - October 13, 2025
Massey University Photobook Masterclass
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Portfolio Reviews: Auckland Festival of Photography
January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016
Self-directed project featured in Art New Zealand magazine
January 1, 2018 - October 13, 2025
Special Mention in the Urbanautica Prize
January 1, 2018 - October 13, 2025
Project featured in ID Magazine (NZ and AU)
January 1, 2019 - October 13, 2025
Nominated for the 6x6 World Press Photo’s Global Talent Programme
January 1, 2019 - October 13, 2025
Selected for the Women Photograph International Mentorship Programme
January 1, 2022 - October 13, 2025
Selected to join Women Photograph Collective
January 1, 2024 - October 13, 2025
Fraction Magazine Top 100 Photographers to Watch
January 1, 2017 - October 13, 2025
Massey University Photobook Masterclass
January 1, 2018 - October 13, 2025
Auckland Festival of Photography Portfolio Reviews
January 1, 2016 - October 13, 2025
Self-directed project featured in Art New Zealand magazine
January 1, 2018 - October 13, 2025
Special Mention in the Urbanautica Prize
January 11, 2030 - October 13, 2025
Project featured in I.D. Australia and New Zealand magazine
January 1, 2019 - October 13, 2025
Nominated for the 6x6 World Press Photo’s Global Talent Programme
January 1, 2019 - October 13, 2025
Selected for the Women Photograph International Mentorship Programme
January 1, 2022 - October 13, 2025
Selected to join Women Photograph Collective
January 1, 2024 - October 13, 2025
Selected as one of the top 100 photographers to watch
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2017
Massey University Photobook Masterclass
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018
Portfolio Reviews: Auckland Festival of Photography
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016
Self-directed project featured in Art New Zealand magazine
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018
Special Mention in the Urbanautica Prize
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018
Project featured in I.D. Australia and New Zealand magazine
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Nominated for the 6x6 World Press Photo’s Global Talent Programme
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Selected for the Women Photograph International Mentorship Programme
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2022
Selected to join Women Photograph Collective
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2024
Top 100 photographers to watch
January 1, 2017 - October 13, 2025
Massey University Photobook Masterclass
January 1, 2018 - October 13, 2025
Auckland Festival of Photography – Portfolio Reviews
January 1, 2016 - October 13, 2025
Self-directed project featured in Art New Zealand
January 1, 2018 - October 13, 2025
Special Mention in Urbanautica Prize
January 1, 2018 - October 13, 2025
Project featured in I.D. magazine (Australia & New Zealand)
January 1, 2019 - October 13, 2025
Nominated for the 6x6 World Press Photo Global Talent Programme
January 1, 2019 - October 13, 2025
Women Photograph International Mentorship Programme
January 1, 2022 - October 13, 2025
Women Photograph Collective
January 1, 2024 - October 13, 2025

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Other, Retail, Real Estate & Construction, Travel & Hospitality