TITLE: My body is my instrument

- My body is my instrument.
- Wow, what kind of music do you play?
- I play ballet

AUTHOR: Elena Novikova (Mexico)

I am a portrait and fine art photographer living and working in Mexico. Mostly, my models are women, because I know what they feel, what they want, how they show emotions y etc... and that¨s why I can put a part of myself (my personal self) to the image.
As for the career, I was a nominee/finalist in various contests:
- Fine Art Photo Awards (2020)
- Chromatic Awards (2021)
- Russian Photo Awards (2021)
- WPE Awards (2020-2021)
- Festival de Fotografía Internacional en León 2020 (Mexico)
- 35 Awards
- Shortlist Siena Creative Photo Awards 2022
- 1st place IPA 2022 in the category Fine Art-Minimal / Minimalism y 1 photo Official Selection in the category Fine Art-Nudes (International Photography Awards)
- Honorable mention BIFA 2022 in the category Fine Art / Portrait (Budapest International Foto Awards)
- 3d place TIFA 2022, in the category Fine Art/Other (Tokyo International Foto Awards)

Participation in ImageNation Milan, "Femme Fatale", sept. 2021