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mara palena

Photographer
film director

Portfolio — 'Nostalgia dell'altrove'

'Dream Candy' for Rold Skov

ATXV MILANO

Song for the Mute 'Avenue d'Ivry' collection

Document Journal x MSGM

Pylot Magazine

The 1975

Pylot Magazine

Pylot Magazine

The 1975

Film 

Document Journal × MSGM 

Pylot - Everything that happened happened before 4_4

Pylot - My Answer is a lie the truest lie of all - Trailer 

Sequences of disrupted intimacy - Trailer

Pylot - Everything that happened happened before 1_4

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BIOGRAPHY

Mara Palena’s work is intimate, reflective, yet modern. Strongly inspired by youth culture, fanzines, music, and film posters, her unique visual language thrives where images are often conceived into full artworks or layouts. Combining text and material into series, Mara is creating a new visual representation of ideas and messages with specific conceptual aims.

Starting as a first assistant for some of the most influential and renowned fashion stylists of the industry such as Oliver Rizzo and Mattias Karlsson, her aesthetic is highly influenced by this training. Deciding to use the photographic and film medium to express her creative vision, Mara digs into issues such as memory and identity, constantly experimenting with different techniques, mediums, and languages.

Her films celebrate the collaboration between writers, poets, and actors exploring identity in our contemporary society. She creates an experience where she combines all her expertise in visual arts, fashion, and dance.

You can find Mara in a former flowers factory in Milan, sometimes with her dog, often with her thoughts.

@marapalena

selected publications & CLIENTS

ATXV MILANO, Document Journal, MSGM, Port Magazine, Pylot Magazine, Rold Skov, The 1975, The Goon Sax

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mara palena

Photographer
film director

Portfolio — 'Nostalgia dell'altrove'

'Dream Candy' for Rold Skov

ATXV MILANO

Song for the Mute 'Avenue d'Ivry' collection

Document Journal x MSGM

Pylot Magazine

The 1975

Pylot Magazine

Pylot Magazine

The 1975

Moving images – Pylot - Do or Die

Document Journal × MSGM 

Pylot - Everything that happened happened before 4_4

Pylot - My Answer is a lie the truest lie of all - Trailer 

Sequences of disrupted intimacy - Trailer

Pylot - Everything that happened happened before 1_4

Show all
work

BIOGRAPHY

Mara Palena’s work is intimate, reflective, yet modern. Strongly inspired by youth culture, fanzines, music, and film posters, her unique visual language thrives where images are often conceived into full artworks or layouts. Combining text and material into series, Mara is creating a new visual representation of ideas and messages with specific conceptual aims.

Starting as a first assistant for some of the most influential and renowned fashion stylists of the industry such as Oliver Rizzo and Mattias Karlsson, her aesthetic is highly influenced by this training. Deciding to use the photographic and film medium to express her creative vision, Mara digs into issues such as memory and identity, constantly experimenting with different techniques, mediums, and languages.

Her films celebrate the collaboration between writers, poets, and actors exploring identity in our contemporary society. She creates an experience where she combines all her expertise in visual arts, fashion, and dance.

You can find Mara in a former flowers factory in Milan, sometimes with her dog, often with her thoughts.

@marapalena

selected publications & CLIENTS

ATXV MILANO, Document Journal, MSGM, Port Magazine, Pylot Magazine, Rold Skov, The 1975, The Goon Sax

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touch

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