About author
Biography
Elena was borne in 1983, in Russian
city Ufa.
Elena is a photographer who is interested in every aspect of motherhood:
relationship and connection between a mother and a child, changes that happens
in a woman’s worldview after she becomes a mother.
Most of Elena’s art is focused on
capturing moments of every day life of her triplets daughters.
In 2021, her project about children and motherhood was published in several magazines such as “Private” and “Edge of Humanity”. In 2023, the authors works participated in group exhibitions Haze Gallery /Berlin, Germany, Smol Gallery / Saint Petersburg, Russia, Imagenation Paris, Galerie Joseph le palais / Paris, France.
Artist statement
The main subject of Elena’s art is motherhood.
The author finds her inspiration in her triplet daughters. Elena takes everyday life portraits watching her children growing.
Her photography is a story about children’s relationship, about sisters’ closeness, about their childhood.
In 2021 Elena made a project about connection between a woman and nature, beauty of female body and motherhood
CV
Elena Saifutdinova
nickname Elena Sakurova
Ufa, Russia
+7917 789 22 79
sakurova@inbox.ru
Exhibitions:
2024- F-STOP, Group exhibition, project “Intertwined” www.fstopmagazine.com/pastissues/125/groupexhibition.html
2023- Group exhibition Imagenation Paris, Galerie Joseph le palais / Paris, France
2023- Group exhibition Haze Gallery / Berlin, Germany
2023- Group exhibition Smol Gallary / Saint Petersburg, Russia
Publications:
2024- Private, project “Intertwined” www.privatephotoreview.com/2024/05/intertwined-a-project-about-my-childrens/
2024- L'Œil de la Photographie, project “Intersections” loeildelaphotographie.com/en/elena-sakurova/
2023- London Independent Photography, project “3” www.londonphotography.org.uk/magazine/flip-50-future-past/
2022- Iconic
2021- L'Œil de la Photographie, project “3” loeildelaphotographie.com/en/elena-sakurova-rty/
2021- Vouge www.vogue.com/photovogue/photographers/253183/gallery#3145648
2021- Edge of Humanity Magazine, project “3”
2021- Edge of Humanity Magazine, project “Intersections” edgeofhumanity.com/2021/08/17/the-connection-between-motherhood-nature/
2021- F-STOP www.fstopmagazine.com/pastissues/109/groupexhibition.html#gallery-79
2021- F-STOP www.fstopmagazine.com/pastissues/108/groupexhibition.html#gallery-47
2021- Private, project “3” www.privatephotoreview.com/2021/10/number-3-became-truly-magical-for-me/
2021- Private, project “Intersections” www.privatephotoreview.com/2021/08/intersections-the-bond-between-mother-and-child/
2021- Vouge, Squardo, Marica
2020- Vouge www.vogue.com/photovogue/photographers/253183/gallery#2726302
2020- Iconic iconicartist.eu/archive/15/10/2020
2020- Squardo