Maria Socol
About Me
I'm Maria, an artist driven by a lifelong fascination with beauty, form, and the conceptual meaning behind everyday moments. Since childhood, I have been drawn to creating — exploring the world through drawing, painting, photography, and handmade processes.
In 2024, I began my journey into photography, first through the tactile and intimate process of analog photography, developing and printing my own work. More recently, I have expanded into digital photography, continuing to explore new ways of observing, interpreting, and capturing the world around me.
My artistic practice moves between different mediums, guided by curiosity, emotion, and conceptual exploration. Through each piece, I seek to transform personal observations and everyday experiences into visual narratives. Art is not only a form of expression for me, but a way of understanding the world and creating connections within it.
photography
behind the fan
yulia — portrait study, 35mm
Mar 2025
The Darkroom
analog pictures
in silver & color
one roll of ilford delta 400, one mirror — and a second chapter in cinestill color. the contact sheet is the door — step through it to see the frames that made the cut.
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feeling the evening with his fingertips.
a study in appetite, shot against one purple wall — one plate of spaghetti at a time.
- vintage circle-print blazer ·
- spaghetti al pomodoro ·
- blue ceramic plate ·
- one purple wall ·
Mamma mia!
Red sauce and
pasta al dente
Oct 2025
by maria socol
Mamma mia!
MS Photography
al dente
Mamma mia!
that's amore!
one blazer, one plate of spaghetti and a man who truly commits — the dinner continues, in twelve colors.
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an illusion on film
What do you think you see?
bodyscapes
A wanderer, a cabin, a single tree
four frames where the landscape gives itself away
Nov 2025
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Portraits
people
familiar strangers
faces met on sidewalks, doorsteps and slow afternoons.
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