Photographer Overview

Elina was born in Japan, she grew up in Finland and is based in London. She started photography in her teens while studying in the US. Since then she has established herself as an award winning independent photographer working in both advertising and editorial for the brands like Nokia, Pepsi, Masterfoods, Persil, Microsoft, MTV3 and TV4 Finland. At the same time she has been active in her personal artistic career, exhibiting her works worldwide. In 2011 she was awarded with the one year State Art Grant by the Arts Council of Finland.

Elina's greatest passion is to photograph people and to be able to tell thrilling and engaging stories through astonishing and unpredictable visual means. Her motto is: Life is continuous research. Everything depends not only on your own devotion and hard work, but most of all on your attitude.