Born and raised in Paris, Elsa Kostic (1990) is a photographer who lives and works between Paris and Lisbon. She graduated from Maryse Eloy art school in Paris. She inspires herself of her past, surroundings and cinematographic references to create a visual identity both raw and poetic. Navigating through many communities and places, her working process remains the same: she chooses an unknown environment and settles there for a few months. Her understanding of her subjects then becomes deeper and more personal through research and new encounters. Elsa Kostic uses photography to explore her interest in sub-cultures and the way they shape a collective or individual identity positively. Above all, she aims to create empowering images from her encounters. Her works have been featured in a large number of publications such as I-D, Vice, Metal, Coeval, Intern, Underpressure…
_ online features
vogue italia xyx-xo
metal magazine interview - brazilian diaries
intern magazinefeature on kostic’s work
I-D vice magazinethe fake reality
coeval magazinekaltblut magazineaye magazinearchive collective magazinethe last ride
metal magazine sungazing
unemployed magazine aye magazinekaltblut magazinedistancia
indie magazine bad gyal
highsnobiety magazinebad gyal
_ print features
underpressure magazineissue 6 - with wisrah villefort and daniela avellar
xzy magazineissue 1 - the fake reality
take care i.l.y magazineissue 1 - the queens of southbeach
iheart magazinemiami issue
_ exhibitions
rencontres photographiques du 10eme - paris, november 2021laureate - photography festival
Queer photo festival - heidelberg 2021laureate - photography festival
new feminity #3 - melkweg amsterdam 2019photography - group show
me solta - inbox brussels 2018video project - solo show
curated by girls - berlin 2016photography - group show
front side back side - berlin 2016photography - group show