New Elska Poster - Taras D from Lviv
Order one of our new Elska posters, like this one of Taras D from Elska Magazine issue (01) Lviv (Ukraine). https://elska-magazine.myshop...
BJD - Ivan T from Lviv
Our first issue was a bit of a mess. It was mostly an experiment, to see if the Elska concept could work. The problem was that at the...
BDJ - Nikita G from Lviv
I can't believe it's more than a year since Elska began and that we're about to release our eighth issue, in our eighth city. But here's whe
EVERYBODY HATES PUTIN… WITH SASHA K
The graffiti that Sasha is happily sticking up a finger to essentially translates as “Putin, fuck off”. When we were walking around...
THE TWO SWORD EDGES OF PHOTOGRAPHY: INTIMACY AND LOSS… WITH EUGEN K
One of the great things about photography, particularly portrait photography of the Elska style, is the intimacy created through the...
I DREAMT OF A MAN… WITH VYACHESLAV K
“I dreamt of a man / He fed me fine food / He gave me shiny things”. It’s one of the lines from the PJ Harvey song “Plants and Rags” that...
АЛЕ ТІЛУ ХОТІЛОСЬ ГРІХА (BUT MY BODY WANTED TO SIN)… WITH SASHA K
Usually the inspirations for shoots come from songs I’d been listening to in the weeks prior to heading to a new location, but the song...
WHY NOT TO USE GRINDR… WITH ARTUR M
One of the main questions we get asked is how we find our Elska boys. Generally there are three ways… Sometimes they contact us directly,...
€20 AND OTHER THINGS LOST… WITH MARKO K
My friend Matt, an academic and professor with a penchant for post-communist places, decided to join me for a few days during my shoot...
A POST-APOCALYPTIC PICNIC… WITH MARKO K
My first night in Lviv was almost fully sleepless. Perhaps it was the excitement of the upcoming packed day of shooting, or perhaps it...
