Mara Catalan is a photographer based in the United States who has exhibited her art nationally, as well as in Estonia, Spain, Cuba, and Switzerland. Her artistic expression most often speaks of the world her. Catalan's pieces are "part diary, part autobiography, and part personal documentary". She most often photographs using black and white film, employing various cameras, depending on her subject. For her, the work isn't completed until she prints it out in the darkroom.