WORK
BIO
Lena Aliper was born in 1985 of mostly Ukrainian and German blood and grew up in a constructivist neighbourhood of Moscow. The turbulence of the post-Perestroika capital blended in perfectly with an almost classical education Lena received in high school. Her formative years saw her reading first The Iliad and Divine Comedy at the age of 12 in the days of political and economical instability followed by reading Jack Kerouac well hidden under the desk during history classes at 15.
Lena picked up a 35mm Canon (now stolen) when she was 20, obtained an MA in French literature at 23 after penning a thesis on Raymond Queneau. Then she came to London, having accepted an offer to do a post-graduate course in photography at LCC, which ended up leading her on to earn an MA in photographic studies from the University of Westminster. Lena lives wherever she is lucky enough to, has a remote day job in computational biophysics and is currently working on a novel about dysfunctionality.
The copyright belongs to Lena Aliper