About Sachov Art & Alexej Sachov
Sachov Art is an agency established in 2024 to represent the award-winning photographer Alexej Sachov, promote his unique artistic vision globally, and collaborate with other artists and galleries.
Alexej is a Ukrainian-German conceptual underwater photographer whose work explores the emergence, beauty, and struggle of life. With a background in rocket engineering and formal training at the Kyiv Photography School (2018–2022), he creates surreal, abstract images captured entirely beneath the surface. All his artworks explore life - how it begins, evolves, and survives. Alexej’s practice unites fine art and environmental narrative within photography, using the ocean as a metaphorical space and creating artworks while scuba diving.
Awards & recognition
Alexej has achieved significant international recognition, including:
- Best of Photo Basel 2024 by PhMuseum and The Guardian .
- Finalist of the Aesthetica Art Prize (2024), longlisted in 2023 and 2025.
- Nature Photographer of the Year by Prix de la Photographie, 2023.
- Two-time 1st place winner of the Travel Photographer of the Year, 2022.
- 1st place winner in both Monochrome Awards and Neutral Density Awards, 2022/23.
- Landscape Photographer of the Year by Annual Photography Awards, 2021.
- Four-time gold medalist of both Tokyo and Budapest Photography Awards.
- Three-time recipient of Jury Top 5 Awards from International Photography Awards.
- Overall winner at the Vienna Photography Awards, 2021.
- Commended by the Siena Creative Photography Awards.
His remarkable photographs have been exhibited in France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Ukraine.
Print purchases, collaboration & gallery representation
Sachov Art OÜ welcomes opportunities for collaborations that amplify the impact of Alexej's underwater photography and its environmental advocacy. The agency aims to bring the underwater narrative to a broader audience, in partnership with galleries and institutions passionate about art with a message.