Plankton and small fish are moving fast at night. A battle dance between hunters and prey. The traces that remind of the battle resemble a galaxy, like ours. The series presents a small natural phenomenon as a sort of microcosm for the larger universe. The moving forms of plankton and small fish pop out against the dents and featureless background. In addition, a compelling degree of the time in motion is arrested in these photographs.
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.
