Elena Dorfman

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Elena Dorfman
Born1965
Occupation Photographer
Known forPortrait series

Elena Dorfman (born 1965 in Boston, Massachusetts, in United States) is an American fine art photographer based in Los Angeles, California. [1] Her photographs have been published in The New Yorker , The New York Times , Los Angeles Times , T , and W. Dorfman is known for her work centering around landscapes & identity through photography and film. Her work is held in collections including the Cincinnati Art Museum, Denver Art Museum, Bass Art Museum, Newcomb Art Museum, Palm Springs Art Museum, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. [2]

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Elena Dorfman received a bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence College. Her photography series explores cultural tensions between the artificial and natural, animal, and human, fantasy and reality. Known for research-led works in photography, film, and most recently, tapestry, she conducts extensive field studies that have inspired series including Valbona, Sublime: The LA River, Empire Falling, The Pleasure Park, [3] Fandomania: Characters & Cosplay, and Still Lovers. [4]

Her work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and Europe including the Fondazione Prada in Milan, Italy, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and is the subject of three monographs: Empire Falling (Damiani, 2013); Fandomania (Aperture, 2007); Still Lovers (Channel, 2005). Dorfman’s work from Still Lovers was the focus of several documentary films and the inspiration for the feature film, Lars and the Real Girl . In 2022, the U.S. Embassy in Tirana, Albania, supported her research and restoration work in the National Film Archives to create 'Fragments', a single-channel film installation.[ citation needed ]

She is represented by Robischon Gallery, Modernism, Frederic Snitzer Gallery, and the Edwynn Houk Gallery. [5]

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References

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  2. "Elena Dorfman Semifinalist". The Print Center 94th Annual. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  3. "The Pleasure Park". Museum Hotel. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  4. "Elena Dorfman: Still Lovers". Aperture Archive. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  5. Edwynn Houk Gallery Archived December 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine