191 - Anastasia Samoylova

Anastasia Samoylova (b. 1984, USSR) is an American artist who moves between observational photography and studio practice. Her work explores notions of environmentalism, consumerism and the picturesque.Recent exhibitions include Eastman Museum; Chrysler Museum of Art; The Photographer's Gallery; Kunst Haus Wien; HistoryMiami Museum; and Museum of Fine Arts, Le Locle.In 2022 Anastasia was shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. Her work is in the collections at the Perez Art Museum Miami and Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, among others.Published monographs include Floridas (Steidl, 2022) and FloodZone (Steidl, 2019), with her latest work, Image Cities, forthcoming as a book and exhibition in 2023.<br />On episode 191, Anastasia discusses, among other things:Recent hurricaneForthcoming book and exhibition project, Image CitiesHer abiding interest in collageAdding vs. reducing - abstracting the worldFlorida and her FloodZone bookHer perspective on the climate emergency: alarmist but not defeatistWhy she ended up living in MiamiHow she came to start making picturesThe distinctive Florida colour paletteThe Floridas bookClimate anxiety - and other typesHaving a strong work ethicReferenced:Stephen ShoreEugène AtgetJacques TatiMies van der RoheAnsel AdamsWalker EvansDavid CampanyAlec SothWilliam EgglestonAlexander RodchenkoVarvara Stepanova Website | Instagram “The key impulse here is the sense of gratitude for being able to do what I’ve always known I wanted to do, and feeling zero entitlement to this. It’s an immense privilege to be in this line of work.”