Anastasia Samoylova is an American, born in the USSR in 1984. Her previous books include Floridas (2022), Flood Zone (2019) and Image Cities (2022). David Campany is a renowned writer and curator with particular expertise in American photography. His many books include William Klein: YES (2023), The Open Road: Photography and The American Road Trip (2014) and Walker Evans: the Magazine Work (2014). He is Curator at Large for the International Center of Photography, New York. Lucy Sante is a Belgian-born American writer, critic, artist and frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books. Mia Fineman is Curator of Photography at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
'In these worlds thick with signs and symbols, Samoylova prompts viewers to venture into the urban world, to look more closely at their layered surroundings' - Aesthetica 'Water is mercurially beautiful, as Samoylova shows in her shimmering reflected surfaces, but it will sooner or later cover everything' - The New York Times 'Few artists of our time have a sensibility like Samoylova. She sees in the ordinary world the visual cues to reflect on what affects us all and translating it into solid and attractive photographic projects' - Rica Cerbarano 'Samoylova is quickly cementing her position as one of the most intriguing image makers working today' - Vogue