Photographers

Anastasia Samoylova (born 1984 in Moscow) is a Russian‑born American artist whose work moves fluidly between photography, installation, and studio-based collage. Now based in Miami, her practice examines how contemporary life is shaped by images—particularly in relation to climate change, architecture, advertising, and the built environment. She works across observational photography and constructed scenes, creating visually layered compositions that explore the tension between surface beauty and environmental precarity.

Her breakthrough project “FloodZone” focuses on South Florida’s vulnerability to sea‑level rise, juxtaposing seductive tropical imagery with subtle signs of climate instability. She expanded these investigations in “Floridas,” a portrait of the state as a complex site of fantasy, excess, and environmental fragility. With “Image Cities,” she turned her attention to global metropolitan centers, exploring how urban life is mediated through advertising, commercial spectacle, and visual saturation. Her most recent projects continue to examine the intersection of ecological change, media culture, and the iconography of the American landscape.

Samoylova’s work has been exhibited internationally at major institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fundación MAPFRE, C/O Berlin, the Saatchi Gallery, the George Eastman Museum, the Chrysler Museum of Art, and Kunst Haus Wien. Her photographs are held in significant collections such as MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pérez Art Museum Miami, the High Museum of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago. She has published several acclaimed monographs and is widely recognized for her ability to merge documentary observation with conceptual image-making.