About Elena
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 is ephemeral and unique. It is an almost spiritual experience, a deeper connection with the world for me. I am an intuitive photographer. I go out into the world, open my heart and my eyes, and see what happens next.
ELENA ALEXANDRA
BIO | Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Elena Alexandra is a documentary and street photographer living between Málaga, Spain, and Hamburg, Germany. She studied Psychology, Political Science, and Arts in Russia, Germany, and Spain, and discovered her passion for street photography during daily walks with her newborn son, Leonard. Alongside her photographic work, she works as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, professor, and researcher in digital mental health.
SELECTED EXIBITIONS & PUBLICATIONS
2026 — "No Man's Land", Eyeshot Street Photography Magazine, Issue #18, Italy.
2026 — "Best of Eyeshot Archive – A Street Photography Curated Collection", Italy.
2025 — "Visions: A Decade of Winning Photographs", Pisa Street Photography International Festival, Italy.
2024 — "Spirituality #13", Eyeshot Street Photography Magazine, Italy.
2023 — "Half the Sky", Ephemere Publishing, Tokyo, Japan.
2023 — Exibition, WALL of WOMEN by WOMEN, Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2023, Ballarat, Australia.
2023 — Exibition, WOMEN STREET PHOTOGRAPHERS in collaboration with Leica Women Photo Project, New York, USA.
2023 — Exhibition FERIA in NYC, New York, USA.
2022 — AAP Magazine #28: Streets, All About Photo Magazine, Los Angeles, USA.
2022 — Exhibition WOW: WORLDS of WOMEN, Exibition & Book, Trieste Photo Days, Trieste, Italy.
2022 — Interview with Elena Alexandra, UP Photographers. Featured photographer interview.
2022 — Exhibition "EYESHOT Open Call 2022", Rome, Italy.
2022 — Exibition "INFINITY of PHOTOGRAPHY", New Delhi, India.
2022 — The Light Down Magazine – International Annual Photography Magazine, New Delhi, India.
2021 — "Women Street Photographers", Prestel Publishing, Munich / London / New York, 2021.
2021 — Beyond the Frame – Season 1: Elena Alexandra, Featured interview discussing her approach to street photography, creative process, and artistic vision.
2021 — Female Street Photographers on Their Art: "It's About Being in the Present", The Guardian, London, UK.
2021 — "100 Contemporary Women Street Photographers Redefining the Genre", Feature Shoot.
2020 — "7 Female Photographers I'm Thrilled to Have Discovered During Lockdown", The Phoblographer.
2020 — "6 Cameras in the Hands of Popular Street Photographers", The Phoblographer.
2020 — Exibition, WOMEN STREET PHOTOGRAPHERS - 3 ANNUAL EXIBITION, New York, USA, 2020
2020 — Exibition, INDIAN PHOTO FESTIVAL, Women Street Photographers, Hyderabad, India.
2020 — Exibition, UNI(DI)VERSOS 2020, I Concurso de Fotografía Social, Valencia, Spain.
2020 — Exibition, UNI(DI)VERSOS 2020, I Concurso de Fotografía Social, Madrid, Spain, 2020
2020 — Exibition, LONDON STREET PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL, LSPF 2020, London, UK.
2020 — Street Sweeper Magazine – In Color Edition, Street Sweeper Magazine.
2019 — Street Fashion #4, Eyeshot Street Photography Magazine, Italy.
2019 — Exibition "MOMENT" 1st International Biennale of Street Photography, Częstochowa, Poland.
2019 — WOMEN STREET PHOTOGRAPHERS - 2 ANNUAL EXIBITION, New York, USA.
2019 — Exibition, KUALA LUMPUR PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL, Kuala Lumpur, Maylaysia.
2019 — Exibition, T: AIM, Transfeminism: ART - IDENTITY - MOVEMENT, Palermo, Italy.
2019 — Exibition, "WOMEN IN STREET / TWO WAY STREET", San Francisco, USA.
AWARDS
Semi-Finalist Eyeshot Open Call 2023, Napoly, Italy.
Finalist Eyeshot Open Call 2022, Rome, Italy.
2nd winner of the LONDON STREET PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL, LSPF 2020, London, UK.
Finalist Miami Street Photography Festival, MSPF 2020, Miami, USA.
Finalist Istanbul Street Photography Festival, ISPF 2020, Istanbul, Turkey.
Honorable Mention Street Photography 15th Pollux Award, The WorldWide Photography Gala Awards 2020.
2nd winner of the “MOMENT” Award, the 1st International Biennale of Street Photography 2019, Częstochowa, Poland.