Young Photographer Constructs Coming of Age Tale With Her Contemporaries

Elena Montemurro is a graduating senior at Parsons School for Design. Selections from her series Coming of Age are currently on view at MILK Gallery in NYC as part of the Parsons BFA Photography Thesis Exhibition. Montemurro’s work stands out in this grou

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The project came from a habit of always photographing my friends and staging them. Over time I discovered my obsession with the idea of being a teenager. Coming of Age was a theme I noticed in all the films I would watch, being able to relate to these characters made me want to explore my own world of characters