About Lil [Kristen Elsby] / Kristen Elsby

Independent photographer and strategic communications professional in the international aid and development sector.

Available for documentary, reportage and travel assignments in Sydney, within Australia, and internationally. Please contact me with specs and to discuss assignment rates.

If you are interested in publishing any of my existing work, please contact me to negotiate usage rights -- please include your terms of use, budget, intended reproduction size and publication details (distribution, print run, placement of image) when you get in touch. Please note: I do not give away my images for free so please don't ask -- and don't be offended if I don't reply.

I retain exclusive copyright on all of my work -- no images may be reproduced, manipulated, edited or otherwise used in any form either online or in print without my express written permission.

Photos are optimised for best viewing on a Mac (1.8 gamma).

You can also find me on Lightstalkers.

I'm Female.

http://www.esthet.org/
Sydney, Australia

Lil [Kristen Elsby]'s contacts (574)

Aerial Photography

Mark Interrante (aka pinhole)

Lil [Kristen Elsby]'s public groups

Dusk - The Twilight Zone Sydney's Eastern Beaches Sea & tidal pools Vintage Kids Retro Beach Vintage Swimwear The Museum of Found Photographs Vintage Japan Old Photos Found Photographs The Zoo! Pelicans Monkeys Getty Images on Flickr International NGOs Ruins All Animals Creatures The Living World Flickr Farm Pigs Travel Portraits (People) People Places And Portraits Travel Photojournalism Rostros petreos / Stone faces	Temples and Shrines World Monuments Fund/Watch Monks and Nuns All Buddhist Monks and Buddhas Developing world Environmental Portraiture Yeah! London Carnivale UNESCO World Heritage Sites Buddha images Cambodia Images Angkor Temples Angkor Australian Stories Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM Child Photography Natural Light Child Photography Little People magnumesque social documentary photography Protests, Political Art, Democracy, Social Change !Social Issues Protests and Demonstrations Free Tibet !!!

A bit more about Lil [Kristen Elsby]...

Occupation:	Independent photographer & communications specialist
Interests:	Photography (reportage, documentary photography, photojournalism and street photography), drag (drag queens and drag kings), burlesque, retro style, aesthetics, museums, galleries, art history, modern design, history of fashion, fashion theory, identity design, visual communication, urban adventures, globetrotting, tropical islands, cafe lattes, lifelong learning, beautiful things, the weird & wonderful
Favorite Books & Authors:	History of fashion, fashion theory, photography & visual arts books. Fav. authors include Valerie Steele, Nicholson Baker, Angela Carter
Favorite Movies, Stars & Directors:	Walk the Line, Hotel Rwanda, Bad Education, Syriana, Before Night Falls, The Constant Gardener, American Splendor, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Frida, Monsoon Wedding, Memento, Donnie Darko, Gattaca, Water Drops on Burning Rocks
Favorite Music & Artists:	Einstuerzende Neubauten, Coil, The Residents, Coh, Matmos, PanSonic, FM Einheit, NU Unruh, Rapoon, T Raumschmiere, Michael Mayer, Triple R, Susumu Yokota, Can, People Like Us, Boards of Canada, Bjork, Royksopp, Autechre, The Orb, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Thomas Brinkmann, Thomas Fehlmann, and pretty much anything on the Kompakt label

Testimonials

sparkletone says:
"I've been watching Lil's photography grow for many years now, and I must say that I am impressed with the body of work she has amassed along the way, alongside the tremendous skills she's developed. She is becoming a truly great photographer and I am looking forward to seeing what she brings to us over the coming years! Always interesting, never dull. Love it! Keep 'em coming, Lil."

~ fernando says:
"What is here? Amazement? Wait, it is. Amazement. Amazement at all sorts of images that reveal details that I cannot anticipate. That is a real talent to seek in a photographer, and to enjoy the photograph, as they stay in your mind long after you close the browser, and follow you when you are making certain shots with your own camera. We can say this about many subjects that Lil chooses, but there is also quite an impression that her composition and choice of light/shadows brings to what we see, and it increases the pleasure of watching her photographs.

Sometimes I forget about this amazement and just repeat to myself: "how the hell did she get that shot?" ARGH! Still, I think it is just a more vulgar way of saying amazement."

angelocesare says:
"Lil' shots are individually surprising (few examples: "Cooling off", "Lone shark", the "America architectural icons" set, "KGB inner prison", the "New York life" set). She gives us the world as a special present. A landmark in my daily walk through Flikr's feelings."

kinotrope says:
"Insightful without the need for words."

ANNA:poet says:
"Not only does she take amazing shots, she has us think about the world in a different way."

mjd-s says:
"lil has been my friend for a long time, yet I still get amazed when I see some of her photos.

How can she see what I see in such a different way?

It's exciting to watch her development in both skill and confidence as a photographer.

Am always waiting eagerly to see the next phase!"

sam_ says:
"The countries of the world offer a diverse and wonderful landscape to photograph. From South Africa to Tokyo and on to New York City there are so many things to see and be part of. Kristen has the good fortune of traveling extensively and her photographs chronicle her adventures. Through her work we have the opportunity to travel along with her and see a world of life and people, of remarkable architecture, curiosities, and strange foods. But Kristen does more then simply capture images of these things, she brings them to life through well composed and finely executed photographs. There is more to her work then just pretty pictures and she is a photographer worth paying attention to."

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