{"product_id":"64946-anastasia-samoylova","title":"Anastasia Samoylova","description":"Anastasia Samoylova takes us on a journey through those metropolises whose degree of global interconnectedness has been rated very highly by the \"Globalization and World Cities Research Network\". We find them in a process of transformation, hidden behind false facades onto which the promises of the future are projected. It would be tempting to read these Image Cities as a polemic against the triumphal procession of consumerism, whose generic visual codes alter everything that once felt local. Samoylova's photographs are masterful reminiscences of urban photography: human figures dwarfed by giant billboards, moving seemingly indifferently through the urban space, their fragmented silhouettes reflected like collages in shop windows. Samoylova consciously plays with these clichés, deconstructing and recomposing them on a higher level that eludes overly simplistic statements. Instead, she invites us to reflect on the role of photography itself in creating a rift between the staged brand identity of cities and their everyday reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnastasia Samoylova (b. 1984), who grew up in Moscow, has lived in the USA since 2008. Her works explore the tension between the materialistic staging of reality and a reality that is both threatened and threatening. In her acclaimed series Flood Zones and Floridas, she combines collage-like cutouts with the genre of a disturbing photographic road trip. She lives and works in Miami.","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Book (978-3-7757-5480-4)","offer_id":44356725244168,"sku":"9783775754804","price":50.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Book (signed) (978-6-00003090-2)","offer_id":44361509929224,"sku":"9786000030902","price":50.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775754804_b0b6f680-1962-47ad-945b-0e4aa975cc42.jpg?v=1744285459","url":"https:\/\/hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/64946-anastasia-samoylova","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}