My name is Elena, and I’m a documentary photographer
I was born in Moscow in 1979 and live here up to now.
I travel a lot and photograph in Russia and all over the world. And i just live photographing.
My main but not the only medium in photography is black-and-white film, narrow and wide.
I develop films and print photographs myself.
I’m a photographer documenting reality with artistic touch. My main sphere of photographic interest is documentary photography, also travel and street. Non staged scenes and moments of real life, interaction between people and with space around them, their emotions and feelings are the main objects of my observation. I don’t mix up with people and process but I keep close to the scene or person. If a scene takes place out of my lens' coverage so it’s not my shot. I prefer not to hurry but just watch merging with space, its energy and heroes.
I’m a member to The Union of Photo Artists of Russia and ILFIAP EURASIA.
I’m a winner of Russian and international photo contests, including Female in Focus by British Journal of Photography, and a participant of individual and group exhibitions in Russia and USA.
My photographs were published in different mass media including F-Stop Magazine, StyleCruze Magazine (cover), Artells Magazine (cover+interview).
CV
Media
Black-and-white and color film narrow, wide
Education
2020-2023 Photo school “Photography with sense”, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
2015-2018 Institute of Professional and Amatuer Photography, Moscow, Russia
2014-2022 Workshops, master classes by Aleksey Myakishev, Georgiy Kolosov, Vladimir Vyatkin, Valery Shchekoldin, Victor Kolar (Czech Republic), Arthur Jonauskas (Lithuania), others
2013-2019 School of contemporary photography “PhotoPlay”, Moscow, Russia
1996-2001 International University (jurisprudence, speciality in civil law), Moscow, Russia
Title
2023 Member of ILFIAP EUROASIA (regional representative of FIAP in Russia)
2022 Member of The Union of Photo Artists of Russia (Moscow branch)
2017 Member of International Association of Children and Family Photographers, Moscow, Russia
Personal Exhibition
2017 “Unity of Cultures” with support of the Ministry of Culture of Russia, Zurab Tsereteli Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia, a series of photographs about the Russian North
Group Exhibitions
2023 6th Chania International Photo Festival, Greece
2021 “The Print Swap”, The Feature Shoot (Great Britain), New York, USA
2019 “Female In Focus”, British Journal Of Photography (Great Britain), New York, USA
2018 “My Universe”, the Public Chamber of Russia, Moscow, Russia
2018 “The Print Swap”, The Feature Shoot (Great Britain), New York, USA
2017 “Portfolio 2017”, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta (Georgia), USA, the project “Summer Weekdays of Muscovites”
2017 photo residency in Oshevenskoye village of Arkhangelsk region, Russia, a series of photographs about the Russian North
Cooperation with Leica Boutique Odissey, Moscow, Russia
Photographs are in private collections in Russia, Great Britain and in collection of Atlanta Photography Group museum, Atlanta (Georgia), USA.
Publications Interviews Covers (selected)
