Yelena Yemchuk
MEDUSA

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Awakened from the depths of a chamber in the underworld, the Medusa of Naples accompanies Yelena Yemchuk on a stroll to explore the surface of this upside-down city inhabited by mortals, in a time that is either the future or the distant past, depending on one’s perspective.
Yemchuk’s Neapolitan portraits are infused with the mystery of the gaze, stirred by the thrill of seeing and being seen, amid a jumble of images and reflections alive with the presence of the disquieting yet seductive snake goddess.
In her photographs, Yelena Yemchuk stages the intrusion of another world into everyday life and uses the emotional journey of eye contact to interrogate the uniqueness of the face.
(Excerpt from the curatorial text by Luca Reffo).   

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Yelena Yemchuk

Essay by: Luca Reffo
Editing, Research & Design: Luca Reffo and Francesca Todde

Italian / English
240 x 310 mm
134 pages
Offset and letterpress 
Clothbound hardcover with embossing and hot foil stamping
First edition, November 2026
Limited edition of 1200 copies

ISBN: 979-12-986800-2-9

Made possible by: Ipogeo dei Cristallini

Supported by: Campania Region, through the ERDF Operational Program 2021–2027, within the project "Innovation and Enhancement of the Cristallini Hypogeum".