• Born in  Rome 1959
• Architect since 1985
• Free lance photographer
• Rome based

Statement

Mara's photographic research consists in exploring the urban environment in which she lives. Rome, its city, is a mixture of sublime and decadent. Mara loves the magnificence of its eternal light and at the same time the secret beauty of its suburban decadence.

The details of objects intrigue Mara in a special way. I look for secret microscopic landscapes in the shapes and colors of  inanimated, corrupted,  once polished and shiny matter. Decay and alteration of metals and minerals often produce evocative compositions that she tries to capture with her macro lens.

Mara also loves taking pictures of sculptures. The details and the material quality of a three-dimensional work, when caught by a close up macro shot, allow the observer a very direct relationship with the sculptor's work. Macro photography can be used as an exploration tool for spatial artistic artifacts.

Collective shows

• 2018 June - Collective show of the members of Officine fotografiche on the Metro bridge of Garbatella, in Rome.
• 2018 maggio - Open Art Monti, photo contest and collective show: “Love for architecture”, Rome
• 2012 Collective exhibitions in the Pavart Gallery in Rome
• 2011 Second version of the site specific installation: “Sulla linea del tempo“  in the hall of the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna in Rome. 
• 2011 Massenzio Arte XIV Edizione,  Rome
• 2010 Massenzio Arte XIII Edizione,  Rome
• 2009 - First version of Site specific photo installation “Sulla linea del tempo“  in the hall of the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna in Rome. 
• 2010 -2011 Series of large format photo installation as visual background of conferences and lectures in the  CNR library in Piazzale Aldo Moro, Rome.