Charlotte Mariën is a photographer based in Leuven, Belgium. After graduating in communication sciences, she emerged herself in photography at LUCA School of Arts, Narafi, Vorst. She presented her graduation series, A fashion dream, at the LUCA Showcase 2018. She continued her photography studies at Sint-Lukas, Brussels and was selected as a resident at the reopened historical BAC Atelier in Leuven. Her work has been shown in various exhibitions.
In 2023, she published her 58-page photo book Obscurances for which she widely received great press such as from Musée Magazine. Mariën has exhibited at Rotterdam Photo (2022), Helsinki Photo Festival (2021), International Foto Biennale Ostend (2021) and other photo festivals in Belgium. In 2020 she won and exhibited at PEP, New Talents 2020 in Berlin, Germany.