Mira Halden

Photographer and art director, Lisbon

[ About ]

I

make

quiet

images

for

people

and

brands

who

would

rather

be

felt

than

seen.

My

work

moves

between

photography,

art

direction

and

set

design,

and

it

always

starts

with

light.

See selected work

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Salt and Stone

Campaign concept, art direction, photography

1 of 5

Salt and Stone

Campaign concept, art direction, photography

1 of 5

Salt and Stone

Campaign concept, art direction, photography

[ Selected work ]

Selected work, made slowly and printed with care.

Eight commissions and personal series from 2022 to 2026, for labels, studios and magazines.

Eight commissions and personal series from 2022 to 2026, for labels, studios and magazines.

Quiet Hours

2026

A slow campaign for a linen label, shot over three winter mornings.

Maison Arlo

The Long Exposure

2025

Album art and press portraits built around a single blurred frame.

Northwind Records

Concrete Psalms

2025

An architecture essay on light falling across raw concrete.

Atelier Voss

Paper Moon

2024

Editorial portraits for a quarterly about craft and patience.

Studio Kei

Northern Field

2024

Six weeks of walking the same ridge until the land felt familiar.

Self initiated

One Window

2023

Product stills for a ceramics studio, lit by a single window.

Orbit Ceramics

[ What I do ]

One photographer. Four ways into a story.

Most projects use all four, from the first sketch to the final print. Pick one or the whole set.

Most projects use all four, from the first sketch to the final print. Pick one or the whole set.

01

Photography

Campaigns, portraits and still life, shot on location or in the studio with natural light first.

Campaigns

Portraits

Still life

Lookbooks

01

Photography

Campaigns, portraits and still life, shot on location or in the studio with natural light first.

Campaigns

Portraits

Still life

Lookbooks

02

Art direction

Concept, casting and visual language, so every frame of a campaign speaks with one voice.

Concepts and moodboards

Casting

Styling direction

Shot lists

02

Art direction

Concept, casting and visual language, so every frame of a campaign speaks with one voice.

Concepts and moodboards

Casting

Styling direction

Shot lists

03

Set design

Simple, tactile sets built from paper, stone and fabric that let the subject breathe.

Set building

Prop sourcing

Location scouting

Lighting plans

03

Set design

Simple, tactile sets built from paper, stone and fabric that let the subject breathe.

Set building

Prop sourcing

Location scouting

Lighting plans

04

Retouching

Honest finishing that keeps skin, grain and texture intact, delivered print ready.

Skin and grain care

Colour and tone

Print preparation

Archive scans

04

Retouching

Honest finishing that keeps skin, grain and texture intact, delivered print ready.

Skin and grain care

Colour and tone

Print preparation

Archive scans

Woman in a dark wool coat, soft daylight portrait

Motion blurred figure running indoors

Lone figure climbing concrete stairs

Portrait under a wide brimmed black hat

Row of small trees along a dark ridge

Dark ceramic vase with dry branches

Hair caught in motion, black jacket

Quiet shoreline fading into haze

Sculptural tailored jacket in motion

Tall white monolith in a misty valley

Small figure framed by a concrete arch

Woman walking, long exposure blur

Silhouette walking into low sun on a city street

Woman in a dark wool coat, soft daylight portrait

Motion blurred figure running indoors

Lone figure climbing concrete stairs

Portrait under a wide brimmed black hat

Row of small trees along a dark ridge

Dark ceramic vase with dry branches

Hair caught in motion, black jacket

Quiet shoreline fading into haze

Sculptural tailored jacket in motion

Tall white monolith in a misty valley

Small figure framed by a concrete arch

Woman walking, long exposure blur

Silhouette walking into low sun on a city street

[ Kind words ]

Portrait of a woman with curly hair in soft window light

Portrait of a woman in a white collared shirt

Candid portrait of a person in a knit beanie

“Mira saw the campaign before we did. She found the calm in a very loud brief, and the pictures still sell the collection two seasons later.”

Lena Okafor

Creative director, Maison Arlo

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[ Journal ]

Notes on light, process and everything in between.

Short essays from the studio and the road, written between shoots.

Sep 18, 2026

Process

Designing for silence

Subtraction is not minimalism, it is discipline. What you leave out of a frame says as much as what you keep.

Jul 2, 2026

Notes

One window, one afternoon

Why I still shoot most still life by a single north facing window, and what it teaches me about patience.

Apr 11, 2026

Field trip

Notes from the ridge

Six weeks of walking the same hill in the north of Portugal, and the small changes that made it new each morning.

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