I'm Miranda, the girl behind the lens and stories.

By day, I navigate the world of public policy, development economics, and governance. But that's LinkedIn talk—not for here. I'm a policy professional in training who loves photography as the thing that keeps me creatively engaged and sane. It's my most consistent hobby, which says a lot for someone who bounces between passions like a pinball machine. Photography to me isn't just about technical perfection, but the story it whispers when you're not looking. Sometimes poetic and profound. Other times, just me wondering why I took seventeen photos of the same sunset.

by putorisan. started as an Instagram hashtag to collect my work, then evolved into this visual journal—a place where careful composition meets unfiltered musings, where polished meets playful. It captures both versions of me: the burst-of-ideas creative and the systems-loving strategist. Structured chaos at its finest.

What you'll find here: Visual journals, reflections on the creative process (and its beautiful mess), and occasional existential musings about light, composition, and why we capture moments at all.

Thanks for stopping by. Stick around—there's always another story waiting to unfold.

— xo, Miranda