None of them are staged, Samoylova cuts out her layered images from the everyday. It is the way the artist frames her shots that creates puzzling compositions. She portrays Florida in all its intensity as a stark place - culturally, politically, economically and climatically.įloridas seem to exist on the thin border between observational documentary photography and crafted photo-collage. Pursuing one wandering road trip after the other, a traditionally male-dominated genre within American photography, Samoylova expands the field with a female perspective. Samoylova has been photographing Florida intensively and extensively over the past few years. Samoylova’s images are both deceptive and alluring her compositions with a loaded depiction of colour create a slightly surreal atmosphere. It hides in the empty flooded garage, in the shadow of the trees on the facades, or in vibrant reflections that mirror the emptiness. There is a certain alerting hollowness behind the rust, the glossy cars and the pristine pinks of Florida’s buildings that lurks in Samoylova’s photographic work. Barge Reflection, Miami River, 2021, from the series Floridas | Archival Pigment Print | 100 x 80 cm | Ed.
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