{"title":"Anastasia Samoylova","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the captivating visual narratives of \u003cstrong\u003eAnastasia Samoylova\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose work delves into the intricate relationship between environment and human experience. Her books, including titles like \u003cem\u003eAdaptation\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFloodZone\u003c\/em\u003e, offer a thought-provoking blend of photography and cultural reflection that challenges perceptions of place and change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection reveals a compelling fusion of art and social commentary, inviting readers to consider the impact of environmental shifts through a uniquely artistic lens. Ideal for those interested in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, Samoylova’s work pairs striking imagery with a deep sensitivity to the evolving world around us.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"anastasia-samoylova-adaptation-by-anastasia-samoylova-9780500027189","title":"Anastasia Samoylova: Adaptation","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first monograph of trailblazing photographer Anastasia Samoylova is a vital—and gently humorous—meditation on environmentalism, consumer culture, and our disorientating times.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdaptation\u003c\/em\u003e is the first career survey on Anastasia Samoylova, one of the most dynamic image makers to have emerged in recent years. Bringing together her six major bodies of work, it reveals the enormous range of artistic influences and ideas that inform her art, as well as the threads of connection that unite them. While each series explores different themes, they share a formal beauty, a masterly use of colour, and an original approach to visual culture for which she is rightly celebrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRussian born and now a native of Florida, Samoylova moves between observational photography and studio practice, often incorporating collage and painting. Her virtuoso compositions are layered meditations on an everyday life made precarious by rising sea levels, image overload, gentrification, and corporate culture. This is a provocative vision of the 21st century, at once sublimely beautiful and incisive in its assessment of the challenges we face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47423767380204,"sku":"9780500027189","price":110.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/71qAJ8l9YKL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774429900"},{"product_id":"anastasia-samoylova-floodzone-by-anastasia-samoylova-9783958296336","title":"Anastasia Samoylova: FloodZone","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for The Photographer's Gallery's Photography Foundation Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFloodZone\u003c\/em\u003e is Anastasia Samoylova's photographic account of life on the climatic knife-edge of the southern United States. Serious climate change is upon us, but this is not a visualisation of disaster or catastrophe. These beautifully subtle and often unsettling images capture the mood of waiting, of knowing the climate is changing, of living with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe colour palette is tropical: lush greens, azure blues, pastel pinks. But the mood is pensive and melancholy. As new luxury high-rises soar, their foundations are in water. Crumbling walls carry images of tourist paradise. In the heat and humidity, nature threatens to return the place to tangled wilderness. Manatees appear in odd places, sensitive to environmental change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLiquid permeates Samoylova's urban scenes and unexpected views: waves, ripples, puddles, pools, splashes, and spray. Water is everywhere and water is the problem. Mixing lyric documentary, gently staged photos, and epic aerial vistas, \u003cem\u003eFloodZone\u003c\/em\u003e crosses boundaries to express the deep contradictions of the place. The carefully paced sequence of photographs, arranged as interlocking chapters, makes no judgement. They simply show; elegant, sincere, acute, and perhaps redemptive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe coast of the southern United States looks and feels like a paradise, but all is not what it seems. As sea levels rise and hurricanes threaten, the beauty of the place becomes bittersweet. The future is uncertain, but life goes on. \u003cem\u003eFloodZone\u003c\/em\u003e is a book about living with the contradiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnastasia Samoylova\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595670896876,"sku":"9783958296336","price":85.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783958296336-anastasia-samoylova-floodzone.jpg?v=1777900475"},{"product_id":"anastasia-samoylova-walker-evans-floridas-by-anastasia-samoylova-9783969990070","title":"Anastasia Samoylova, Walker Evans: Floridas","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSunshine state. Swampland paradise. Tourist aspiration. Real estate racket. Refuge of excess. Political swing-state. Subtropical fever dream. With forms of nature and culture found nowhere else, Florida is unique. It is also among the most elusive and misunderstood of places. Anastasia Samoylova photographs Florida on intensive road trips. Walker Evans (1903-75) photographed it over four decades. Twisting the visual clichés, these two remarkably discerning observers convey Florida's dizzying combination of fantasy and reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvans witnessed modern Florida emerging in the 1930s, with its blend of cultures, waves of tourism, stark beauty and blatant vulgarity. He photographed there until the 1970s, making Polaroids that still feel contemporary. Samoylova inherits what Evans saw coming. With intelligence and humor, she picks her way through the seductions and disappointments of a place that symbolizes the contradictions of the United States today. In \u003ci\u003eFloridas\u003c\/i\u003e, photographs by Samoylova and Evans are presented in parallel, weaving past and present, switching between black-and-white and colour imagery, all complemented by an essay by editor David Campany and a visionary short story by celebrated novelist and Florida resident Lauren Groff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlorida is as fascinating as it is deceptive, a place of wild cliché and deep complexity. Walker Evans and Anastasia Samoylova have been two of the state's most acute and thoughtful observers. In this book their photographs are seen in rich dialogue across the decades. Florida cannot be explained but these smart and playful photographers are the perfect guides to the puzzle.\u003c\/i\u003e - David Campany\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595670995180,"sku":"9783969990070","price":130.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783969990070-anastasia-samoylova-walker-evans-floridas.jpg?v=1777900489"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/anastasia-samoylova.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}