Stasia Schmidt is a fine art photographer based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Her landscapes and portraits show attention to simplicity and form; she is drawn to unexpected surrealism and femininity within the natural environment.
Her work has been part of group exhibitions in Canada, the United States, and Europe. In addition to being the 2024 Canadian awardee of the Leica Women Foto Project, Stasia was recognized for the Ephemerality series in her home province of Alberta and was declared the 2024 Emerging Artist of the Year by the Exposure Photography Festival. Her first art photo book, also titled Ephemerality, was published in 2025. The medium of photography is Stasia’s chosen method of exploring creative boundaries and challenging expectations in order to create provocative, vivid, and resonant art.
