The magic of photography was discovered to Marina through her Dad. He was an amateur photographer and she remembers how she froze with delight when they were developing family photos in home laboratory in Moscow. 

In adult life, she never parted with her camera and became a graphic designer, she started photographing for clients: fashion shows, still life and even portraits of miners and metallurgists. 

For several years she worked as an assistant for her future husband, advertising and editorial photographer Paul Eng. 

After they moved to New York, being 8 month pregnant, she took a course of advertising photography at School of Visual Arts (SVA). 

Immersed in parenthood, she discovered the world of children’s and family photography. She took photos in parks and in the studio.

The next step for her were classes of Fine Art photography at Anna Krauklis’s school. This allowed her to finally form her own style, based on classical painting and studio portraits of the era of the beginning of photography. She had learned to approach each shoot in a meaningful way, plan shots in advance and eventually make deeper portraits. 

She is currently lives with her two daughters and husband in New York and she is trying to develop her artistic direction, participate in exhibitions, competitions and work with galleries.