Elya is a Ukrainian fashion and street-style photographer based in Paris with over 10 years of experience. She started to admire photography because of her passion for fashion and lighting. She has a BA in Journalism and studied at Speos on Fashion, Luxury & Beauty Photography program during 2022-2023 in Paris.

Elya is a photographer and an art director, and she supervises the shoot from concept to final. She is involved in location scouting, models and stylists selection, developing a mood board, overseeing the process on set, and post-production. Her vision pursues the interplay of light, colours and shadow, geometry, and contemporary architecture.

Elya works as a professional celebrity street-style photographer in Paris and is available for projects worldwide.

Editorials: Elle Kazakhstan, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, Grazia Arabia, Savoir Flair, Vogue Ukraine, Harper’s Bazaar Ukraine, L’officiel Ukraine, and many other Ukrainian magazines.

Group exhibition: “Take me home” at Kühlhaus, Berlin, November 2022.