Mara Bogdanović Rosandić se smatra našom prvom školovanom fotografkinjom.
Mara je rođena u bogatoj i uglednoj porodici u Rumi. Po nepisanom pravilu, devojke rođene u bogatim porodicama u 19. i početkom 20. veka bile su školovane, te su se i Marini roditelji potrudili da njihova ćerka dobije najbolje moguće obrazovanje. Govorila je nekoliko jezika i imala osnovno muzičko obrazovanje, a obrazovanje iz umetničke fotografije je stekla u Minhenu.
Interesantno je da je 1900. godine, sa samo 17 godina, Mara već imala svoj fotografski atelje u Beogradu, a u (takođe fotografskom) ateljeu koji je kasnije otvorila u Zagrebu skupljali su se tadašnji mladi umetnici. Kasnije je i beogradski dom Mare i njenog supruga, poznatog vajara Tome Rosandića, bio mesto okupljanja značajnih ličnosti poput slikarke Leposave Bele Pavlović, književnice Isidore Sekulić i Kriste Đorđević. Njihova kuća je danas Muzej Tome Rosandića.
Mara je na svojim fotografijama dokumentovala umetničke radove svog supruga i mnoge tadašnje poznate ljude. 1909. godine je u Beogradu organizovala jednomesečni kurs fotografije. Bila je saradnica prvog fotografskog časopisa “Fotografski pregled”.
Mara Bogdanović Rosandić is considered to be the first educated female photographer.
She was born in a wealthy and respected family in Ruma (Vojvodina). Like many other girls born in the 19th and early 20th century, Mara’s parents provided good education for their daughter. She spoke several languages and gained basic education in music, and then studied photography in Munich.
In 1900, at the age of 17 Mara already had her own photograph atelier in Belgrade, and later opened another one in Zagreb. Her atelier in Zagreb was a meeting spot for well known and respected young artists. Later on, Mara’s and her husband’s (Toma Rosandić, famous sculptor) home in Belgrade also became a place where notable persons such as painter Leposava Pavlović, writer Isidora Sekulić and Krista Đorđević often came to. Today their house is Toma Rosandić’s Museum.
In her photographs Mara documented the works of her husband and portrayed many famous people of her time. In 1909 she organized a one-month photography course in Belgrade. She was contributor to the first Serbian photograph magazine called the Photograph Review.