Sasha Knittel
Sasha Knittel is a Boston-based photographer whose images examine the changing nature of freshwater.
Sasha studied photography at SUNY Ulster and has continued her education through professional development courses at The Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester MA.
She is currently making a sustainable series of collages by upcycling her own abstract photos of water and discarded matte board and canvases to create new art.
Sasha photographs and records the number of herring entering into Horn Pond to spawn for The Mystic River Watershed every Spring.
In 2025 and 2026 Sasha gave artist talks at The Danforth Museum Framingham on Humans and Nature about her Dynamic Water photos and educated guests on simple ways to help protect water.
Other highlights of her creative achievements are exhibiting her photos at The Griffin Museum of Photography, on an air cleaning theBreath billboard in Cyprus, GBH billboard in Boston and Contributing Artist to Chiharu Shiota Installation Piece Home Less Home, The
Watershed , ICA Boston.
Sasha was also honored at the Mystic River Watershed Association annual meeting at Mass Brigham for her photo that won the Capture The Mystic photo awards.
She wants to tell the story of freshwater on a local basis through abstract photography as a representation of many bodies of water in the US that are facing climate challenges.
