In the series Things Fall Apart, Sasha Bezzubov documents the ruins that remain after natural disasters. In these selected scenes, Wildfire #2, California and Wildfire #4, California, a calm emanates through the destruction. Bezzubov sees these ruins as signs of human impermanence. The photographs demonstrate how easily man-made structures can be demolished by the strength and wrath of nature. While wildfires occur naturally in parts of California, some scientists believe that the number and intensity of wildfires have increased because of climate change. Bezzubov has traveled extensively in the aftermath of natural disasters, for example to India after the 2001 earthquake and Indonesia after the 2005 tsunami. Through the medium of photography he offers the viewer time to take in the magnitude of the destruction and the details of the landscapes. One can truly get a sense of scope from Wildfire #4, California, which features the same scene taken from three different vantage points.

Sasha Bezzubov’s forth coming monograph Things Fall Apart features his photography of natural disasters. Currently he is working on The Searchers in collaboration with Jessica Sucher, a project that explores groups of religious converts in India. Bezzubov has had solo exhibitions at Front Room Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, and Taylor de Cordoba Gallery, Los Angles, CA. He has participated in group exhibitions, including the Noorderlicht Photography Festival XIV, Groningen, The Netherlands; Art Engine, San Francisco, CA; and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL. He received Fulbright Scholarships to India and Vietnam and participated in residencies at Bakery Photographic Collective, Portland, ME, and the Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY. He earned his BA from SUNY Purchase and his MFA from Yale University, New Haven, CT. More information can be found at www.sashabezzubov.com.