about me & .cestmaro

I'm Maro, originally from Thessaloniki, Greece, based in Paris since 2023. My journey started by escaping my hometown during the 2021 lockdown, to pursue new ambitions, relevant to my cinematography studies and background. An unexpected internship in Paris introduced me to the world of fashion, where I had the pleasure to participate in projects for renowned brands and publications like Hermès, CR Fashion Book, etc. During these times, I was working mostly in the videography sector, but I was soon fascinated by photography's captivating power. My personal photography and mixed media project .cestmaro. emerged two years later, fusing light, lens, and digital techniques. My aesthetic combines rough qualities, visual elements emerging from futurism and psychedelia, dysmorphic bodies and abstract environments, evoking uncanny-ish narratives and challenging the conventional ideas of beauty, joy and positivity.

I still love engaging with post production and I occasionally experiment with visual arts and sound design- therefore I can call myself multidisciplinary.