Since the 1980s Elfie Semotan born in Upper Austria has been one of the most soughtafter and also idiosyncratic fashion photographers in the world For more than half a century the now 77yearold Semotan has been successful at the intersection between art fashion and commercial photography with many of her sophisticated arrangements having become legendary Semotans sometimes controversial oeuvre is characterized by her strong personality and a continuous opposition to anything mainstream Elfie Semotan Photographer is an hommage not only to a great artist but also to the passion of photography itself