Elena Prola is an Italian photographer whose work explores emotional vulnerability, life transitions, and the subtle dissonances that emerge beneath the surface of everyday life.
Through portraiture and long-term observation, she has developed a photographic language attentive to intimacy, time as a process of redefinition, and the thresholds between public and private space.
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EXHIBITIONS
2026| La Notte della Fotografia, group slideshow – Piacenza, Italy
2025| La Forma del Ritratto, group exhibition – Palazzo del Broletto, Pavia, Italy
2025| Narnimmaginaria, Circuito OFF, group slideshow – Palazzo dei Priori, Narni, Italy
2025| Ettore De Socio Photography Award, group exhibition – Museo Irpino, Avellino, Italy
2025| Diecidecimi Art Festival – Ricetto di Candelo, Biella, Italy
2025| Materia Paranoica, group exhibition – Le Serre, Udine, Italy
2025| DIY Award 2025 – Spazio RAW, Milan, Italy
PUBLICATIONS
2026| Urbanautica Institute Awards 2025 – Off Stage
2025| PHmuseum – Off Stage
2025| Ettore De Socio Photography Award – Online Catalogue
AWARDS & SELECTIONS
2026| Urbanautica Institute Awards 2025, Shortlisted
2026| La Notte della Fotografia, Winning Project
2025| Limite Mantova – Portfolio Readings Award, Winner
2025| La Forma del Ritratto, Winning Project
2025| Ettore De Socio Photography Award, First Prize
2025| Narnimmaginaria – Circuito OFF, Selected Project
2025| Diecidecimi Art Festival, Selected Project
2025| DIY Award 2025, Shortlisted
RESIDENCIES & MASTERCLASSES
2026 | Regroup, programme with Mark Steinmetz & Irina Rozovsky – selected participant
2026 | Stanley/Barker Masterclass – selected participant, Cambridge, UK
2025 | Materia Paranoica – Le Serre + IDA Education, promoted by the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
EDUCATION
2024–2025 | The Soul and the Machine, Biennial Programme in Contemporary Photography, led by Nausicaa Giulia Bianchi