Schwarzenegger is my idol
“Schwarzenegger is my idol is the story about the young guys from Nikolayev (Ukraine) who are united by one thing – it’s a goal to become the best of the best and they will do everything possible to achieve it.
© Sergey Melnitchenko, from the series “Schwarzenegger is my idol”, 2012-2013
© Sergey Melnitchenko, from the series “Schwarzenegger is my idol”, 2012-2013
The photos show the young people who engage in athletics, acrobatics, fitness, and bodybuilding. I asked one of the boys to tell me what role his hobby plays in his life. Here’s what he told me: “For me, my sport is what I live for. Daily control and hard work – that leads me to success. Sport disciplines a man, enables him to understand the value of labor, the value of choice.
I always wanted to be something more than an ordinary man in the street, more colossal than an ordinary representative of the society, so in my sport I do all the best I can, because I want to reach the top”.
© Sergey Melnitchenko, from the series “Schwarzenegger is my idol”, 2012-2013
© Sergey Melnitchenko, from the series “Schwarzenegger is my idol”, 2012-2013
© Sergey Melnitchenko, from the series “Schwarzenegger is my idol”, 2012-2013
Why are my «models» naked on photos? I think it adds them a kind of courage and naturalness. Of course it also looks funny and ironic.”
© Sergey Melnitchenko, from the series “Schwarzenegger is my idol”, 2012-2013
© Sergey Melnitchenko, from the series “Schwarzenegger is my idol”, 2012-2013
© Sergey Melnitchenko, from the series “Schwarzenegger is my idol”, 2012-2013
© Sergey Melnitchenko, from the series “Schwarzenegger is my idol”, 2012-2013
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