Saro used to love his feminine self, the one he called Sara. But when the cuteness of a little boy wearing skirts passed, the insults and the slurs begun. He did not come out of the closet, he was forced out of it..forced to view his body as the beginning of sin and perversion. Shame lingered like an undesirable guest. He often thought of Sara’s name on a gravestone perhaps accompanied by a suicide note. He was now more ghost than flesh and he stopped praying for answers. He quietly walked into the closet with all the other skeletons, closed the door and waited to die without a whisper.

Elena loves to create surrealistic conceptual work bathed in color and is often inspired by everyday life and popular culture. She has exhibited her work in NYC, London, Paris and other major cities around the globe and she has been published on the pages and covers of a multitude of publications.
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Elena Paraskeva
Elena Paraskeva is an international Conceptual Photographer and Art Director and most recently an official ADOBE instructor. Having lived and worked in the U.S for a decade, she now resides in Cyprus, but often travels for assignments.

Achievements
17th Pollux Awards- Overall Winner- Professional Category
New York Photography Awards 2021 – Gold Medal in Fine Art
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
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
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