D. M. Terblanche (b. 1998, Pretoria, South Africa) is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist working primarily in photography. Their practice focuses on narrative documentary and portraiture, drawing from storytelling traditions across media to explore both personal and constructed realities.
In 2025, Terblanche was selected for Gen Z: Shaping a New Gaze, an international group exhibition by Photo Elysée. They were also one of ten international winners of Magnum x Polaroid – Real Life is Not Black and White (2024), with work exhibited at Paris Photo 2024. Other recognitions include winning Emergentes 2023 – International Photography Award Encontros da Imagem, and being featured in GUP Magazine’s FRESH EYES 2024 and THEN THERE WAS US – Ones to Watch 2023.
Terblanche is a member of Through the Lens Collective, a PhMuseum Masterclass alum, and has been published both in print and online.