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BIFA 2023

Underwater Sundown

  • Photographer
    Sachov Alexej

The pictures are captured below the water's surface, as the day fades. At those quiet moments the time feels suspended. The gentle play of sunset light intertwines with life's simple rhythms. These photographs aren't merely about nature's beauty, but a reflection of the emotions evoked when one pauses, and truly connects with the surrounding world underwater.

Alexej was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. He obtained a diploma in rocket engineering and got photography education in the Kyiv School of Photography. In his artworks Alexej is trying to bring underwater photography to the new level - he investigates the water surface from the deep, uses allegories to show the underwater world like and the world above water or even like a cosmos. Alexej's education and philosophy of life define his style of photography: the photographs depict the beauty of the underwater world and the horrors of man-made ocean pollution.