Elena Ehrenwald was born and raised in Mexico City and graduated from Universidad Iberoamericana where she earned a degree in Graphic Design in 1982.

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She recalls growing up as a child who spent hours looking at the world around her, wishing to retain everything that she was seeing and imagining. So, she began to paint, in an effort to create imaginary landscapes and spaces with dream-like quality.

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During her college years she encountered photography and continued an exploration of the medium on her own.

It wasn’t until years later, thanks to extraordinary teachers such as Saúl Serrano and Laura Cohen among others, that she discovered photography as an art form. She learned that rules and limits were as many or few as she imposed on herself.

This is how she began a personal journey, trying to make sense of her past and the world around her through photography.

Her work is mostly black and white, both analog and digital.