Elena Paraskeva Studio
Art Direction Photography Set Design
Pagony Utsa 25, 1124 Budapest, Hungary
Kataspilon 15A, Ayia Napa, Cyprus
Elena Paraskeva is an international Conceptual Photographer and Art Director and most recently an official ADOBE instructor. In her past life as a Marketing Executive for Nestle Waters USA she worked on the client side with Ogilvy&Mather on the production of advertising campaigns for her premium brands and was featured in the New York Times for her work.
Elena loves to create surrealistic conceptual work that is bathed in rich colour palettes and strong graphic lines. Her stylised world is full of fashion images and conceptual portraits that are permeated with a high-aesthetic, beauty and elegance. Always playing along the lines of the unordinary and almost bizarre, her work is impactful, lucid and memorable.
She has exhibited her work in Barcelona, NYC, London and Paris among other cities and has been published on the pages and covers of a multitude of publications including The Guardian and The Times (twice). Her most recent success is the exhibition of her work in the European Parliament in Brussels in March of 2023, at the XIV Florence Biennale Oct. 2023 and the Paris Photo Week Nov. 2023.
Achievements
Judge - Florida Museum Of Photographic Arts IPC 2024
Prix De La Photographie Paris 2023 (PX3) Fine Art Awards- Second Place
International Portrait Photographer Of The Year 2023 - Second Place (Character Study)
2023 International Color Awards - First Place Portrait, First Place Fashion
500px Global Fine Art Awards 2023 - Winner
Judge - Florida Museum Of Photographic Arts IPC 2022
Judge - New York Photography Awards 2022
Judge - European Photography Awards 2022
17th Pollux Awards- Overall Winner- Professional Category
New York Photography Awards 2021 - Gold Medal in Fine Art
Neutral Density Awards 2022 - Silver Medal
N-Photo Photographer Of The Year 2021
Judge - Spanish Federation Of Photography
Judge - VIPA 2021 Awards
Trierenberg Supercircuit 2021 - Gold Medal
14th International Color Awards 2021 - Finalist Advertising & Portrait
Chromatic Awards 2020 - First Place Portrait, Professional Category
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2020 - 2nd place Advertising/Fashion
Fine Art Photography Awards 2019/2020 - Finalist
13th International Color Awards -Finalist Advertising, Finalist Portrait
LensCulture Portrait Awards 2019 - Jurors' Pick
Digital Camera Photographer Of The Year 2018
Neutral Density Awards 2018 - Gold Medal in Advertising
Trierenberg Supercircuit 2019 - Gold Medal in Series
Trierenberg Supercircuit 2018 - Gold Medal in Series
Trierenberg Supercircuit 2017 - Gold Medal in Portraiture
Prix De La Photographie, Paris 2018- Silver in Portraiture
Prix De La Photographie, Paris 2017 - Silver in Advertising/Fashion
Prix De La Photographie, Paris 2017- Silver and Bronze in Children Portraiture
Monovisions Photography Awards 2018 - Bronze in Conceptual
American Photography Open 2018 - Shortlisted
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2018 - Honorable Mention
One Eyeland Awards 2017 - Silver in Advertising/Conceptual
Moscow International Photography Awards (MIFA 2017) - Bronze in Portraiture
Chromatic Awards 2017 - Bronze in Fashion/Beauty
Neutral Density Awards 2017 -Bronze in People Category
International Photographer Of The Year (IPOTY 2017) - 3 Honorable Mentions in Portraiture
London International Creative Competition 2018,2017 - Honorable Mention
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2017 - 3 Honorable Mentions
WPPI - Second Place Individual Portrait Division 2017, First Place Individual Portrait Division 2016
FAPA 2017 - Honorable Mentions Conceptual & Portrait Divisions
PDN World In Focus 2016 - Second Place
Neutral Density Awards 2016 - Bronze in Advertising/Conceptual
International Photographer Of The Year 2016 - Honorable Mention
Monochrome Photography Awards 2016 - Honorable Mention Fashion/Beauty
Exhibitions
Lucie Gallery - Budapest, February 2024
Paris Photo Week - 24b Gallery, Paris Nov. 6-12, 2023
XIV Florence Biennale - Florence, Italy October 14-October 22, 2023
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, BRUSSELS - March 2023
Fotonostrum Gallery - Barcelona, Spain 2022
Aperture Foundation, New York City - April 2019
Menier Gallery, London UK - 2018
NEC, Birmingham UK - 2018
Photo Oxford 2017, Oxford UK
Design Center, Linz Austria - 2017
Espace Baurepaire, Paris - 2017
Opus 39 Gallery, Cyprus - 2017
Thalassa Museum, Cyprus - 2017
The Printspace, London UK - 2015
Publications
The Guardian, The Times, Lens Magazine (Cover), Photographie Magazin (Germany), Photography Masterclass, Professional Photo (UK - Cover) Fotorgrafare (Italy - Cover), Chromatica Magazine, Digital Camera, Digital Photographer (Cover), N-Photo, PDN, Dodho, Digitalis Foto Magazin, The Photographer (Cover), Photo & Technique (Cover), AAP Magazine, Faddy Magazine USA, Faddy Magazine Italy, GALA (Greece) Good Light (Cover), Economia, Fileleftheros Newspaper, Blurred, Omikron, Volition, Vantage, Icon, Ellements, Elegant, Incredible, LoveBite, La Plus Belle, Surreal, etc
