Alpine photography · Shot on film
Grano is the photographic practice of Mara Vogel. Mountains and the people who cross them — twelve frames at a time, developed by hand.
Eight frames from three bodies of work. Each arrives undeveloped — give it a moment in the bath.
About
I walk up slowly and photograph what stays still.
A roll of medium format holds twelve frames. That number keeps me honest — film doesn’t allow indecision, and neither does weather at three thousand metres.
Every photograph on this page was developed by hand in a darkroom that smells of fixer and pine. What you watched resolve as you scrolled is how each one first appeared to me, in the tray, under the red light.
Three kinds of work, each at the aperture it deserves. Click one to open it up.
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Close and quiet. Two people, a rope team of witnesses, no posing. I stay from first coffee to last dance and hand over prints, not just files.
From CHF 3,800 · 1 wedding per weekend
f/8
Sharp, consistent, true to place. Campaigns and image libraries for hotels, outfitters and gear makers who live where they shoot.
Day rate CHF 1,900 · licensing included
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Everything in focus, from moraine to summit ridge. Long assignments, high camps, honest weather. I carry my own kit and keep up.
By assignment · available worldwide
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hello@grano.studioBooking September 2026 onward — weddings, commissions and print enquiries. Replies come slowly on shoot weeks; they always come.
No mail client? Leave a note in the tray