Elfie Semotan, Photographer

Joerg Burger's documentary is a portrait of the internationally renowned Austrian photographer Elfie Semotan. Living in New York and Vienna, she has been successfully working at the intersection of art, fashion and advertising photography for more than five decades and looks back on an impressive career between Europe and the USA. Many of her sophisticated visual arrangements have become legendary. Her work is characterized by her strong personality and continuous resistance to the mainstream. Still eager to create, Elfie Semotan provides insight into her work and life, and it also becomes clear how much the city of New York has influenced her career and her work.

"Like any true artist, Elfie Semotan can only be herself, in her own way, at her own risk." HELMUT LANG