About

Marina Mariano (Sardinia, Italy, 1995) is a photographer and graphic designer based in Barcelona. She grew up on an island before moving to London, where she studied journalism at London Metropolitan University (2014). Over time, words led her towards images: she studied graphic design at the University of the Arts London (2019) and completed a master’s degree at Elisava in Barcelona (2020).

In 2025, she began her photographic training at El Observatorio, where she has studied Photographic Language and Authorial Documentary Photography. Her work stems from the human experience: from what we encounter along the way, what leaves a mark on us, and what nevertheless shapes us. She uses photography as a channel for processing and a space for reconstruction, exploring the ways in which people move through loss, trauma and transformation.

In 2025 she worked on her first photographic project, Del temps que gira i torna, a self-published photobook that reflects on the ability to rebuild oneself after a rupture and on the process of inhabiting the light once again.

She is currently working on Latente, a project that explores the different faces of grief.

FORMACIÓN

2025–act.  Fotografía documental de autor, El Observatorio, Barcelona

2025          Lenguaje fotográfico, El Observatorio, Barcelona

2020          Graphic design, Máster, Elisava, Barcelona, España

2019          Visual Language, PgCert, University of the Arts London (UAL), London, UK

2017          Marketing and Journalism, BA, London Metropolitan University, London, UK

 

PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECTS

2026  ‘Latente’
‍ ‍Ongoing

2025          ‘Del temps que gira i torna’

FOTOLIBROS

2025           ‘Del temps que gira i torna’
‍ ‍Self-produced

EXHIBITIONS

2026    ‘Esto no es una expo’, Nau Bostik, Barcelona
‍ ‍Collective exhibition