ELENA PARASKEVA was chosen by Saatchi Art as one of the "Artists To Watch". The chairman of IAA, one of the biggest art organizations called her "one of the biggest talents in the photography industry".
Her work was exhibited even in the European Parliament in Brussels.
She was named Photographer Of The Year in 2024, 2023, 2021 and 2018 by four different, distinguished international photography competitions.
She has exhibited her work in Paris, NYC, London, Barcelona, Tokyo, Munich, Budapest, Kuala Lumpur among other cities and has been published on the pages and covers of a multitude of publications including The Guardian UK, The Guardian Australia, The Times, Vogue.it etc
She is now at the point in her career where she is sought after to judge professional competitions around the globe and is invited to speak at photography seminars. She is even a recurrent judge for the FLORIDA MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS.
She is commissioned by ADOBE (the creators of Photoshop) to teach professionals from all over the world on her creative and editing processes.
Amongst her many exhibitions over the years some notable ones were the exhibition of her series on Autism in the European Parliament in Brussels in March of 2023, the exhibition of her series "Vacant Children" at the XIV Florence Biennale in Oct. 2023 at the invitation of the organizers, and the exhibition of her series "A Perfect Life" during Paris Photo Week in Nov. 2023.
PARTIAL LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS:
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2024 (People) -Neutral Density Awards
ScanArt Emerging Artist 2024 -Winner
European EPEX 2024 Awards - Winner
Lensculture B&W Photography Awards 2024 - Finalist
Hasselblad Masters 2023 - Finalist
Judge - Florida Museum Of Photographic Arts IPC 2025/2024/2023/2022
Judge-Photography Masterprize Awards 2025
Judge - Global Photography Awards 2024
Kuala Lumpur Photography Awards 2024 - Third Place
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
WPE 2023- Silver in Portrait
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
WPPI - Second Place Individual Portrait Division 2017, First Place Individual Portrait Division 2016
PDN World In Focus 2016 - Second Place
Neutral Density Awards 2016 - Bronze in Advertising/Conceptual
Exhibitions:
- Camino de Archez (Competa Photo Days) - Malaga, Spain - November 2024
- Discovery Art Fair - Frankfurt, Germany - Oct. 31st-Nov 3, 2024
- BakerHouse Gallery - Graz, Austria - October 2024
- "Duccio di Buoninsegna" Art Academy - Siena, Italy - September 2024
- Therese-Giehse-Halle - Munich, Germany - September 2024
- Temu House Gallery - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia July 20-Aug. 4, 2024
- House Of 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 November 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
Partial List of Features & Interviews
The Guardian UK, The Guardian Australia, The Times, Aesthetica Magazine, Lensculture, Vogue.it, Lens Magazine (Cover), Photographie Magazin (Germany), Photography Masterclass, Der Greif (Germany), 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), Gala Greece (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
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