I was always fascinated by the work of Amadeo Modigliani, that it why for a couple of years
already I have started to study about his life and incredible work that have made.
As a result of my studies I came to several conclusions, f.e. one of it is that think that portraying
the characters, an artist hides their true faces, denying individual traits. He follows his inner sense and vision. Therefore,I am interested in the process: how the paintings were born, which influence
the environment had and what moved the artist.
Rresearching the work of Modigliani and taking his paintings as a basis, I found people who
are visually similar to the heroes of the artist’s paintings.
The idea of the project was about the modern world and the person in it, a reverential attitude
to the individuality and authenticity of oneself and the connection to the history.
For a deeper depiction of everyone’s character, I take as a basis the person’s favorite item. Due to
this, the opportunity for dialogue with both my hero and the audience opens up for me.
Showing the character through his significant item, I build up the connection to the present,
and the faces of the heroes transfer us to the paintings of Modigliani. Thus I am drawing parallels between the reality and the world of the era of the great artist.
Elena is a Moscow based artist.
Elena’s introduction into the basics of photography started in the Moscow Photoplay school in 2015 and continued in New York Institute of Photography from 2015 till 2018 along with workshops by Nicolas Guerin, Miguel Coelho, Vadim Gushchin.
In 2017 Elena’s first exhibition «The Flowers In My Head» took place in ARTPLAY, Moscow.
Since 2018 Elena is working on a big project "Modi" dedicated to Modigliani, whose work has had a profound impact on my worldview.Project includes 30 exclusive shootings with different characters.
Elena’s individual style of photographic art is being inspired, formed and shaped through the
experience of working with human nature expressed through the nuances of psychological body language.