Elena Klonsky

Commercial Magazine Cover Portraits I really like this shot for Vogue Italia by Steven Meisel. Steve Meisel has gained critical acclaim for his work with Vogue, whom he has shot for the previous two decades. This image, shot in the 90's, retains a 60's and 70's look that the photographer obviously was  aspiring towards. The lighting is beautiful...

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For the surrealism project I created my main image and two secondary images:  Reflections Process: The idea for this image came while I was searching for inspiration online. I noticed when I searched for surrealistic images, lots of them were people with their heads replaced by clouds. While I wanted to make my own image, I really liked...

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Surrealism was a movement in the 1920s-1970s championed by writers and artists alike who sought to channel the subconscious as a means to stimulate the imagination of their readers and observers. Surrealists believed the conscious mind repressed the power of the imagination, weighing it down with taboos. The key ideas of surrealism was to create a sort of...

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Daguerrotype: To make this daguerrotype, I used several "dark world" textures from the internet. I layered them with the image using the multiply mode and used a brush tool to bring out her face in a layer mask. I chose this image because it was more timeless than my others and it looked more realistic in terms of...

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Cyanotype The cyanotype process results in a blue image. This alternative process was first introduced to the photography world by Sir John Herschel. He fixed images using hyposulphite soda in 1839. He coated paper with iron salts and used it in contact printing. The paper was washed in water, resulting in the trademark white image on a deep...

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