Bio  

Sasha Ivanov is an independent documentary photographer from Russia. He was born in Krasnodar, in the south of Russia. At the age of 20 he moved to St. Petersburg and got higher education in journalism. He took part in social projects as a photojournalist. Worked in the cultural magazine “Most”. After taking a documentary photography course at Docdocdoc’s School of Contemporary Photography, he began shooting independent documentary projects. He is interested in various social problems of society. He prefers the portrait genre. 

Currently based in St.Petersburg, Russian Federation.

Education

2021-2022 Documentary photography, School of modern photography Docdocdoc

2022-2023 Post-Documentary photography, School of modern photography Docdocdoc

Awards

2023 BarTur Photo Award — Shortlisted  

2023 Felix Schoeller Photo Award — Shortlisted

2022 College Photographer of the Year — Team Picture Story — Award of Excellence