taz + tez began with two sisters, Tara (Taz) and Tessa (Tez) - and a dad who refused to stop taking photos.

We grew up trying to dodge the lens. Family holidays were a blur of “Dad, put the camera away!” and dramatic attempts to hide behind beach towels and car doors.

Somewhere along the way, the irony kicked in. We fell in love with photography ourselves. Tara went on to become a professional product photographer, while Tessa found her rhythm shooting film.

But there was one problem.

We could never find a camera bag that felt like us.

Everything on the market sat at one of two extremes: practical but painfully bulky (the kind that screamed “tourist”), or stylish but completely useless when it came to protecting thousands of dollars’ worth of gear.

Too often, we found ourselves leaving our cameras at home because the bag was too big, too ugly, or too impractical. We wanted something that didn’t make us choose between style and function. Something we’d actually want to carry every day.

So we embarked on a mission to design the bags we’d been searching for - refined, protective, thoughtfully organised, and intentionally stylish.

Camera bags that don’t look like camera bags.