Photo | Elisa Iannacone

Photographer

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Elisa is a CANON AMBASSADOR specializing in telling human stories through the realm of the imagination. With a background in narrative cinematography and journalism, she blends universal themes with the rich traditions of Latin American storytelling, using magical realism to craft poignant narratives that bridge the real and the fantastical. She is a regular judge for Visa Pour L'Image, Beyond the Frame, and Xposure International Photography Festival.

DREAMS OF CHILDHOOD

Created at the Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital in Johannesburg, this series explores the place that young chronic illness patients' imaginations go while spending their time at the hospital. This work is part of the Austrian Parliament's Permanent Museum Collection. Opening hours and guided tours.

EXHIBITIONS
2022 – Turbine Art Fair
2023 – Cape Town Art Fair
2023 to present – Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital
2023 – Xposure International Photography Festival

PERMANENT MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Austrian Parliament Permanent Art Collection

LIMITED SERIES FINE ART PRINTS AVAILABLE FOR SALE
Editions of 5 (main landscape images) - 1.5m x 1m prints - €5,000.00
Editions of 5 (main landscape images) - 1m x 75cm prints - €3,000.00
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THE GREAT ESCAPE

"Sometimes I get frustrated that I am still on dialysis. I can’t go anywhere. I dream of flying away to another country; the nurses would help me escape. Flying with balloons!"

DIVA QUEEN

“Sometimes I feel like the walls are closing-in, but I picture myself as a model and designer. I am so in love with fashion, I imagine myself in this huge pink dress!”

BED ON WHEELS

“It’s boring to go through dialysis. I wish I was at home to play. I’d like my bed to be a green car with lights, made up of all the things we have in the hospital.”

CARNIVAL

“I wish there was music; people dancing with masks and ribbons around my bed. I could play the trumpet, and roar like a lion!”

ALL THE CAKES IN THE WORLD

“I wish I could eat everything I wanted - cakes, donuts, cookies, chocolates…lots of different cakes. All the cakes in the world!”

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THE SPIRAL OF CONTAINMENT

THE CLIMB

“Though everything was out of control, I could still go somewhere inside my mind, where the pain didn’t exist.”
– Red

POWER

“I was running away to put an end to everything. There was no shouting or begging, I was totally in control.”
– Fire Orange

STAYING AFLOAT

“I kept reading every tombstone that we walked past. There were people that died in 2015 and I thought, I’m going to be one of the people that dies this year. There was no way I was going to escape. I tried to run, but he caught me.”
– Orange

UNCAGED

"The cage is an internal place. feel. The lions represent all the things that are out there to get me – people, my own memory, my own mind – all the anxiety-provoking things that prevent me from growing, discovering, and being my true self."
- Golden Yellow

THE KINGDOM

“Standing at the abyss was very intimidating, I had a lot of fear in me. But once I got the dress on, as broken as it was, I got comfortable,
regained confidence, and felt like it was my kingdom. I was owning it. Everything that was broken or taken from me, I was commanding back into my life.”
– Yellow

THE KINGDOM - PORTRAIT

FIESTA

“It was always a wellknown secret, but I still told my family about my childhood abuse when I turned 17 by sending them a letter. Had I thought of the consequences, I never would have done it. Everything totally exploded.”
– Lime Yellow

ABANDONED

“What happened while I was living in that house had an impact for life.”

– Green

FOLLOWED

“People have been there before, people might be there again, you might have been followed, but you’re not quite sure. The forest isn’t really a place you can fully trust.”
– Forest Green

FOLLOWED - PORTRAIT

BROKEN CACTUS

“I’m positioned as a part of the architecture that once was, but like a cactus, all broken and punctured everywhere.
I’m still here, alive, standing, with strong thorns.”
– Light Green

NORMAL

“I was introduced to sex at the age of 5 by a woman. Everybody says it must have been terrible and I think, Actually, it was just normal. For me, that’s what happened every day and I carried on. I thought it was happening to everybody.”
– Verdigris

FIRDAUS

FROZEN

“I’m frozen... ice queen on the outside... inside is a different story.”

– Ice Blue

MANNEQUIN

“I was objectified over and over again, and very much felt like a mannequin. You could open the drawers and see each of those different places that I was abused in as a child, from 5 to 11.”
– Baby Blue

THE EYE OF THE STORM

“The morning after image is the one that stuck with me, like a hurricane, being in the centre, in the eye of the storm.”
– Dark Blue

THE SANDS OF TIME

“As I looked at the hourglass, I could feel myself waiting for the rape
to end, for the trial to end. This was me waiting for him to actually go and serve his time. That sand falling is the baggage that’s slipping away. The time we spent today surrounded by these clocks reminds me that I’m healing.”

– Blue

TRACKS

“The train tracks are the only thing that hold this memory together. They’re the only clarity I had when I felt I was drowning.”
– Navy Blue

POET

“Minutes after it happened, I wanted to say something to someone, but there was nobody there. I was alone with my fear, and the first thing I did was grab a piece of paper and a pen. I unloaded everything
with poetry, and found a way to write every day”
– Royal Blue

POET - PORTRAIT

THE PRESENT

“I was 5 and he was 16. He said, ‘If you come up to my room, I’ll give you a present’.”
– Purple

SLEEPING BEAUTY

“In the original fairytale, the princess is asleep and the prince rapes her. I felt like Sleeping Beauty and could have stayed in that tower forever.”

– Imperial Purple

STRENGTH AND BEAUTY

“The past will always pull you back, but you have to look forward. It can’t strip you from your strength and beauty.”
– Cerise

FLIGHT AND FIGHT

“My first response was flight – to escape the horror I’d experienced.
But soon after I realised I had survived and found myself turning back, determined to fight for change. Ballet became a creative outlet; it gave me a sense of grounding.”
– Pink

FLIGHT AND FIGHT - PORTRAIT

[TRIGGER WARNING: Sexual Violence] A global art installation exploring the impact of rape through 25 survivors' stories, expressed through the realm of the imagination. All images folllow the 24 colour-wheel order, plus black and white as a personal artist's statement. This work is part of Johannesburg's Constitutional Court Permanent Art Collection, South Africa. Opening hours and guided tours.

FULL AND PARTIAL EXHIBITION AVAILABLE FOR INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASES

25 main landscape images (1.5x1m), 10 close-up portraits (1mx75cm), 12 inserts (1mx75cm), 1 hologram, 27 audio soundscapes

EXHIBITIONS
2018 – OXO Tower Bargehouse Gallery
2018 – Camaradas art exhibition – Mexican Embassy in London, UK
2022 – Cape Town Art Fair
2022 – Nirox Sculpture Park, South Africa
2022 – Art4More, Athens
2022 - 2023 – Constitution Hill Human Rights Precinct, Johannesburg, South Africa (year-long)
2023 - Xposure International Photography Festival
2023 - Norval Foundation: The Kilbourn Collection

PERMANENT MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Constitutional Court Museum Art Collection, Johannesburg South Africa

LIMITED SERIES FINE ART PRINTS AVAILABLE FOR SALE
Editions of 5 (main landscape images) - 1.5m x 1m prints - €5,000.00
Editions of 5 (close-up portraits and inserts) - 1m x 75cm prints - €3,000.00
Editions of 25 (main landscape images) - 1m x 75cm - €3,000.00
Get in touch to buy or inquire

SELECTED IMAGES AVAILABLE FOR SALE AS NFTS, REPRESENTED BY LIGHT.ART FINE ART AGENCY

EXHIBITION BOOK AVAILABLE FOR SALE ON PEN WORKS MEDIA AND AMAZON UK

SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE: The Guardian, Newsweek, Reuters, Thomson Reuters Foundation, The Daily Maverick, Huffington Post, Mashable, Evening Standard, Agenda Magasin, Lacuna Magazine