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001 / PORTRAIT STUDY
Soft bodies / hard light
An apartment, one silver curtain, six cherries, and no plan worth following.
hold still. actually, don’t.
DEVELOPING SOMETHING STRANGE
PHOTOGRAPHY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE A STORY TO TELL / BASED IN INDIANAPOLIS, EVERYWHERE ELSE BY INVITE
Proof you were
really there.
less “say cheese”
more “wait—do that again!” ↓
NO
BORING
PHOTOS
BORING
PHOTOS
THE ODD HOURS METHOD®
Not content.
Evidence of a life.
For the people making something too alive for a beige backdrop. I build the visual world, direct without over-directing, and stay for the moment after the moment.
beautiful, specific, a little feral →01 / SELECTED CHAOS
Things I saw
and couldn’t forget.
click a picture. it gets excited.
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02 / THE PERSON HOLDING THE CAMERA
I photograph the part
that feels alive.
My name is Mara. I like blown-out flash, accidental blur, people mid-laugh, and the tiny moments that happen while everybody thinks I’m changing a lens.
No stiff scripts. No copy-paste mood boards. We’ll make images that feel like your music, your people, your terrible-good ideas.
Tell me the weird idea →my highly scientific process:
talk → wander → experiment →
make magic → send you 800 texts
because the photos are so good
talk → wander → experiment →
make magic → send you 800 texts
because the photos are so good
03 / COMMISSIONS
Choose your
kind of chaos.
custom-built. never copy-paste.
People, strangely
Editorial portraits, creative direction, personal mythology, album artwork, and proof that you looked incredible right now.
FROM $850Rooms, alive
Raves, releases, parties, backstage, and cultural moments documented from inside the energy—not across the room.
FROM $1,400Worlds, built
Full visual campaigns for artists and odd little brands: concept, casting, locations, production, stills, and motion.
FROM $3,800Every commission includes concept development, a private planning space, full-resolution edited files, web-ready exports, and a gallery that does not look like tax software.
04 / COME FIND ME
Pop-ups &
public sightings.
Polaroids after dark
Night Market · 8—11 PM
→Tiny portraits, big feelings
Sideyard Social · 2—6 PM
→Costume booth (no normal poses)
Fever Dream Fair · 7 PM—late
→walk-ins welcome. weird outfits encouraged.
FIELD NOTE / 019
“Mara somehow photographed the version of the night I remember, not just the version that happened.”
JUNE PARKDJ + PRODUCERCHICAGO, IL
05 / LET’S MAKE EVIDENCE
Tell me what
you’re plotting.
● TAKING SELECT COMMISSIONS
OCTOBER—DECEMBER 2026
OCTOBER—DECEMBER 2026