About me

Elena Mantovan was born in 1984. She studied Foreign Languages and Literatures in Bologna (2007), and attended a course in Travel Photographic Reportage at CTS in Rome (2014). Now she works as a photographer for Nabis Wedding Photography in Rome, travels the more she can, works on photographic and illustration projects, writes and paints, self-taught.

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Projects

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  Coelho's Manual of the Warrior of Light - Prologue This is one of my hardest, most loved, most sweated works: I decided, something like two years ago, to illustrate Paulo Coelho’s book “The Manual of the Warrior of Light”. And I’m not done yet, a lot of work is still to be done. I have a strange relationship with this book: when I bought it, it was not the right moment of my life for it to be red. Then, after years, I realized how many messages of strength, positivity, perseverance and faith are hidden inside of it, and it became my “lucky boo
• The manual of the Warrior of the LightThe warrior of light has the qualities of a rock. When he is on flat terrain, everything around him is in harmony and he remains stable. People can build their houses upon him, and the storm will not destroy them. When, however, he os placed on a slope, and the things around him show neither balance nor respect, then he reveals his strength; he rolls towards the enemy that is threatening his peace. At such moments, the warrior is a devastating force, and no one can stop him. A warrior of light t
• Still-Moving. Street Art in AthensThe crisis in Grece makes a country stuck. But Art keep it moving. This project has been published in the Internazionale webpage on 23th January 2015.

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Work history

Photographer
May 2015Rome, ItalyFreelance
Wedding Photographer
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PhotographerFreelance
Jul 2014Rome, ItalyFreelance
Several Reportage published in Italian Websites as "Internazionale", "La Repubblica", "The Post Internazionale".

Skills

• 11. Photoshop
• Digital Photograhy
• Adobe Lightroom
• Nikon
• Watercolor
• Acrylic Painting
• Drawing
• Illustration
• Fine Art
• Wall Art

Education

Master in Travel Photography and Reportage
May 2014 - Aug 2014Rome, Italy
Travel Photography and Writing
Doctor of Foreign Languages and Literature
Sep 2003 - Sep 2007Italy
Degree in English, Spanish and German Language and Literature