Porodina's early years were impacted by the brutalist buildings in Moscow and her mother who
introduced her daughter to art. Stored in her unconscious art became the extension and
expression of "her self " implying that every single one of her photographs is a self-portrait.
Art became-and still is-an inevitable and inseparable part of her. Porodina's academic
upbringing in post-Soviet Russia and her interest in emotional behavior led her to study
clinical psychology. This background and her striving towards greater understanding of herself
her environment and others informed her move to photography. It became a frame by which she
is not limited-photography is just another medium that allows to stimulate the mind by showing
rather than by speaking since the unconscious is not verbal either. ELIZAVETA PORODINA (*1987
Moscow) is a Russian artist photographer and psychologist known for her surrealist themes and
use of symbolism. She lives and works in Germany. Her clients include Dior Carolina Herrera
Jo Malone Moncler Vogue among others.
