“Elena Smelansky – Photographer” Was the definition I ran into, having looked up myself on the web. I was a photographer since I was young – I got a simple camera as a gift from my father, signed into a photography class and… up until now, my relatives, neighbors,friends, and class-mates have those photos. Born and raised at the Far East of Russia, on the isle of Sakhalin. I was living in a small harbor town, which had a few grade and middle schools, and one sailors school, where young boys were taught long-distance sailing, and other seamanship disciplines. But where could a girl study? read more> > Exhibitions