about
Mara Magyarosi-Laytner is a photographic artist who pairs multiple experimental photography methods to explore identity through a symbolic and poetic lens. A graduate of both College for Creative Studies and Savannah College of Art and Design, she is an artist, educator, and curator in the Detroit area with experience across photography,
education, and arts administration. The artist and her work have been shown in many spaces across the United States and internationally, including the ScotiaBank CONTACT Photography Festival in Toronto, Canada, and exhibitions in Italy, France, and Hungary. Mara's artistic and curatorial projects have been featured in multiple articles and periodicals, including Complex, Detroit Metro Times, The Hand Magazine, and Aeonian Magazine. In 2022, her work from The Untended Garden was a Photolucida Critical Mass Finalist. The Untended Garden monograph, published by Starling Common Press, launched in early 2024.
Mara is an advocate for photography in a multitude of ways. She proudly is the founder of the Silver Water Collective, an all women artist collective celebrating the work of fine art photographers across North America. Additionally, Mara is the co-founder of NOVA24, an upcoming international photography + film festival located in Detroit, Michigan.
