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| Mara Sommer lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand. |
| Originally from Germany, Mara Sommer is a commercial photographer with a background in fine art photography. |
| Mara has studied at the Folkwang Acadamy, Germany, before she moved to New Zealand 2008. |
| Her work has been exhibited in fine art shows, curated group gallery shows in Germany, England and New Zealand. |
| Mara Sommers work is described as: |
| "Portraits which argue with the reality term of photography at the border between documentary and staged photography." (The Sonic Blog). |
| "The composition is exquisite; there is space and lines but also concentrated detail. The content makes you ask questions." (AOP Judges Chioce Award, Clare Freestone, Image Magazine) |
| "I always had a vivid fantasy" Mara Sommer speaks to No Magazine. This fantastical confusion is at the heart of Sommers photographic work. |
| Her images exist in an almost-awaking state, picture-perfect portraits that are infused with fanciful illusion, all conspiring to make the real somehow unreal. (Karl Puschmann, No Magazine ) |
| " There is a painterly artistic quality she achieves which takes the photograph beyond being just a fashion image." (Margaret Petchell, Stylist and Make up Artist) |
| © 2005-2010 Mara Sommer, All Rights Reserved. |
| © 2005-2010 Mara Sommer, All Rights Reserved. |
