Class of 2019
Nov. 2019
British Journal of Photography is dedicated to seeking out new talent. Each year, the print magazine platforms 12 exceptional emerging photographers graduating from colleges and universities across the UK.
Elena Helfrecht (b. 1992 in Marktredwitz, Germany; based in London and Bavaria) is a visual artist working with photography. In 2019 she completed her MA in Photography at the Royal College of Art in London, after receiving her BA in Art History and Book Science from Friedrich-Alexander-University in
Erlangen in 2015 and briefly studying Art and Image History at Humboldt-University in Berlin from 2016 to 2017.
Elena’s work has been shown and published internationally. In 2020, her work was selected as a finalist for the Sony World Photography Awards, HSBC Prix pour la Photographie, The Aftermath Project Grant, and as a winner of Camera Work hosted by Palazzo Rasponi 2. She was one of the Bloomberg New Contemporaries in 2019, showing at South London Gallery and Leeds Art Gallery, and a Jury Favourite for the Le Bal Award for Young Creation, as well as a winner of the AOP Student Awards, Magenta Flash Forward, and the Ginnel Foto Award in the same year. Her work has been published in books and magazines such as the British Journal of Photography, HANT Magazin, Der Greif and ‘On Death’ by Kris Graves Projects and the Humble Arts Foundation.
London, United Kingdom
Professional Still Life
Culture
Media
Digital
Entertainment
Agency
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Creative Direction
Project Management
Editing
retouching
Art history
Research
Copywriting
Gallery Assistance
Translations (German/English)
Bespoke framing
Social Media Management
Consultation
Adobe Photoshop
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Capture One
Adobe Illustrator
Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel...)
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English
Bilingual
German
Native language
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British Journal of Photography is dedicated to seeking out new talent. Each year, the print magazine platforms 12 exceptional emerging photographers graduating from colleges and universities across the UK.
War das letzte Magazin „Wiederentdeckung der Wirklichkeit“ ein Magazin, dass sich thematisch mit einer der größten fotografischen Diskurse beschäftigt hat, so ist diese Ausgabe „Zeichen der Zeit“ das wohl bislang politischste Magazin vom Fotoinit e.V.