Ornella Mari is a Belgian-born, Hungarian-Italian photographer based in Budapest. She began working with photography in 2017 to explore her identity – particularly in terms of her relationship to femininity and womanhood. Mari’s work focuses on young women grappling with societal pressures, tackling themes such as trauma, emotion, gender inequality, and the unrealistic expectations to which women are often subjected.

In addition to her commercial work, she’s also currently working on a personal project “Through hardship to the stars” which was selected by Futures Photography in 2023.