{"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","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/anastasia-samoylova-floodzone-by-anastasia-samoylova-9783958296336","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}