Blanc Studio is a high-end creative space for hire in Byron Bay, built on a foundation of profound industry experience and a truly distinct personal geography. Led by award-winning photographer Joel Benguigui, the studio’s DNA is shaped by a career spent at the absolute highest levels of fashion editorial, intimate portraiture, and long-form documentary photography.

Growing up painting in Paris before transitioning into the global fashion industry, Joel developed an acute sensitivity to form, texture, and light. Having spent years executing high-impact commissions for international powerhouses, he possesses an inside-out understanding of what production teams, photographers, and brands actually need to succeed. Today, that wealth of industry knowledge is heavily infused into the architecture of Blanc Studio. We invite external photographers and agencies to step into a space curated by an industry veteran—a studio that rejects fleeting digital trends in favour of a distilled, intentional environment designed to bring world-class images to life.