Elaina Hernandez Lechuga

Photography – Denver

Elaina is a native Coloradan who loves photographing people, places, and nature. Her portraits have a romantic quality and tell a story about her subject. Capturing one’s secret or thought, history or emotion, pleasure or pain, is something she hopes to depict in her art. The purity and truth of nature and how we identify with the world is an important element for her to display in her photos. She strives to unravel a deeper message through her photography. She is a portrait and editorial photography artist who loves displaying the human spirit while traveling the world. Elaina Hernandez Lechuga currently lives in Colorado Springs. She grew up in inner city Denver. Throughout her childhood, she was drawn to the arts, both music and visual arts, and was always involved in art-related activities. As young as she can remember she owned a camera and enjoyed taking photos of her surroundings. Elaina studied Piano Pedagogy at Loyola Marymount University and received her MA in Education from the University of Colorado at Denver. She recently completed an AAS degree in Professional Photography at Pikes Peak Community College. Today, Elaina finds a nice balance between family, photography, and music.