Elisheva Biernoff (born 1980)[1] is an American artist known for her detailed painted recreations of found vintage snapshot photographs.

As she didn't know anyone in that area of the city, she asked local residents for any pictures of family members they could share, as a way to familiarize herself with the neighbourhood.

Her first painted photograph reproductions were made from these images, and exhibited in the storefront as what she called a "community living-room wall".

[4] Glen Helfand, writing for Artforum, described Biernoff's 2010 show at Triple Base Gallery in San Francisco as a trompe l'oeil installation in which litter such as gum wrappers and cigarette butts is "attentively remade with authentic artificiality".

Helfand noted that issues such as sustainability and inefficiency are hinted at by elements such as geographically incongruous plants and used tissues crafted in solid form.