Sasha Tivetsky

Statement:

These photographs come from an ongoing series of mine called "Muscle Beach". Every year professional and amateur body builders gather to compete for the title of Mr. and Ms. Muscle beach. These men and women work tirelessly on every little muscle in their body to make it proportional and perfect. They are sculptors using flesh instead of clay. What better place than muscle beach, with its rich bodybuilding history backlit by palm trees and the golden sun? It's vibrant, it's showy, it's tan, it's LA.

Sasha Tivetsky is a Los Angeles based photographer and a native. As a first generation Russian American, Sasha continues to keep the traditions of her Russian heritage close. With a BA in photojournalism, her work is rooted in documentary.

Growing up taking the bus around the city with her grandmother, she has only strengthened her curiosity about wandering people, constantly finding connections between moments in her life and the moments of strangers. Her themes center around family, vulnerability, human desire, and female strength. She is currently working in interiors and architectural photography. Concurrently she is building on an ongoing project on her 91 year old grandmother and the Russian Orthodox community in LA.