About

First-Gen American.
Creative Director.
Film Photographer.
Editorial Designer.
Darkroom Printer.
I am passionate about using and breaking layout grids in editorial design, taking photos of talented artists and musicians, crafting the most optimal lighting for conceptual, fashion, and journalistic photography, and religiously making prints by hand in the black and white and color darkroom.

Yes, I take my shoes off before entering my house and have 10 pairs of free collected hotel slippers on rotation (it’s an immigrant thing). Yes, my Russian parents told me that of course my sexuality is fluid as they quote, “After all, you’re an artist.” Yes, my mama was the first love of my life, and everything I create has been and will be in her honor.

‘mama’s last ever voicemail to me’
august 2nd, 2024

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Price List - The Chan National Queer Arts Center

Playboy
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Hearst Magazines
Jimmie Fails
Fort Point Beer Company
Pamplemousse
Quince
REHMA
FastAF
Westward Leaning
Boosted Boards
Endless Eyewear

2023
Art direction and layout designs published in issues 5, 6 7 of Pamplemousse Magazine.

October, 2023
“Leaning on Luck” film photography double exposure featured at Book & Job Gallery in San Francisco, CA.

May-July, 2023
Solo “Holding Space" film photography & risograph exhibition at The Mill in San Francisco, CA.

March-May, 2022
Solo film photography exhibition at Four Barrel in San Francisco, CA.

December, 2021
“Sonrisa Más Dulce” 16x20 film photograph featured at Book & Job Gallery in San Francisco, CA.

October, 2021
7 by 7 Photo Retrospective showcasing Jimmie Fails from Last Black Man in SF. Film photography featured at Value Culture in San Francisco, CA.

2019-2020
Art direction and layout designs published in last three print issues of Playboy Magazine.

2016
Digital photography published in Harper’s Bazaar Serbia print issue.

SASHA NETCHAEV

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