Born in St. Petersburg, Russia. She studied Psychology, Political Science, and Arts in Russia, Germany, and Spain. Trained as a classical painter, she discovered her passion for street photography while working as a newspaper reporter in Madrid. Since then, she is capturing street scenes of her daily life and life in South America, whilst traveling. Elena´s work has been exhibited in San Francisco, USA; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Palermo, Italy; Częstochowa, Poland, and New York, USA. She won the second place for the “Moment” Award, the 1st International Biennale of Street Photography 2019, Częstochowa, Poland. Known as @bloomsofmind on Instagram, Elena is a curator of a @fromstreetswithlove street photography feature site. Besides Elena´s dedication to street photography, she is working as a researcher for e-mental health and an psychotherapist, practising the psychoanalytic approach by James F. Masterson together with existential psychotherapy (R. May, Y. Yalom). In her counseling work, she combines visual and introspective approaches, using photography as a means of expression. Elena is currently living in Hamburg, Germany.
About The Collection
I love to feel life as you do it in street photography. I enjoy to capture the beauty of everyday moments, to discover magic in ordinary days – every shot you take as a street photographer is ephemeral and unique. Some moments are telling you stories that unveil their deeper meaning only later. To me, street photography is a confession of love to life. It is a spiritual experience of a deeper connection with the world surrounding me. I go out into the world, open my heart and eyes and see what happens next.
