Elya Kalinichenko (born 1979) is a portrait photographer based in Narva, Estonia.
Her work explores themes such as the inner world of women and their roles, childhood and children’s emotions, and adolescence. She creates documentary projects, portraits, and self-portraits.
Elya’s works have been exhibited in group shows in Russia, Greece, Italy, and Crete.
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AWARDS
2024 — Gold in the “People — Self-Portrait” category at the Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA)
Group exhibitions
2025 — 8th International Photo Festival in Chania, Chania, Crete, Greece
2025 — Exhibition “Found and Discovered”, Rome, Italy
2025 — PHOTO OF THE YEAR Exhibition, MFamilia, Classical Photography Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2025 — Exhibition “White”, “Blank Wall Gallery”, Athens, Greece
2024 — Exhibition “Family and children”, “Russian Photo Expo”, OKNA Youth Art Space, St. Petersburg, Russia
2024 — “ANTROPKI” Exhibition, St. Petersburg, Russia
2024 — The GENESIS Exhibition, St. Petersburg, Russia
2024 — III Biennale of Black and White Photography, Gallery “Center of Books and Graphics”, St. Petersburg, Russia
2023 -2024 — The first All-Russian Festival of black and White Photography “Fotostrelka”, Borovsk, Pushchino, Russia
Publications
2025 — F-STOP magazine, issue #130 of F-Stop magazine “Inhabits”
2024 — media publication “SUCH THINGS”, the project “The female soul of the bell ringing”
2023 — Plakatmag
2019 — S-T-O-L media publication, “Beat the Bell” project