Yelena Yemchuk (b. 1970 in Kyiv, Ukraine) is a New York-based visual artist working across photography, film, and painting. Her style is instantly recognisable for its ability to connect past and present in a timeless, dreamlike, and nostalgic, yet never melancholic way. As art historian Beatrice Zamponi writes: “Her practice is characterized by a strong expressive plurality. She mixes photography and drawing, reportage images and constructed photos, past and present, reality and dream, in a fluid path freed from preconceived structures. This freedom not to lock herself into fixed categories, to constantly change form and time even within the same project, reflects how the female approach to photography today stands out for its originality and dynamism.”