Description
ANASTASIA SAMOYLOVA
Book summary
This catalog features the winning project of the first edition of the KBr Photo Award, promoted by Fundación MAPFRE in 2021. The Russian-American photographer Anastasia Samoylova presents an exhaustive visual work that analyzes how photography and images are integrated into the contemporary urban landscape. Through multiple locations, from Moscow and New York to Amsterdam, Paris, London, Tokyo, Madrid, and Barcelona, the author documents a phenomenon that is increasingly omnipresent in our cities, offering a critical and aesthetic look at the visual saturation of public space.
What is it about?
The book documents the Image Cities project, which studies the massive presence of photographic images in the urban environment. Samoylova captures advertising posters, billboards, digital screens, and other photographic reproductions that transform the experience of the city. The work, which began in Moscow and New York in 2021, was expanded thanks to the KBr Photo Award to other capitals such as Amsterdam, Paris, London, Brussels, Tokyo, Madrid, and Barcelona. Through a precise and conceptual gaze, the photographer examines how these images compete for our attention, modify the perception of space, and reflect globalized visual culture.
Main themes
- Integration of photography into the contemporary urban landscape
- Visual saturation and image culture in global cities
- Relationship between public space and visual communication
- Photographic documentation of urban environments in different world capitals
- Critical analysis of the presence of commercial images in daily life
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at photographers, visual artists, exhibition curators, students of photography and contemporary art, as well as anyone interested in urban visual culture and how images shape our experience of the city. It is also of great interest to followers of documentary and conceptual photography, and to those who wish to learn about the work of one of the most relevant voices in contemporary international photography.
What this book contributes
- A documentary and critical vision of the omnipresence of the photographic image in public space.
- A visual journey through ten global cities from the unique perspective of Anastasia Samoylova.
- Reference material to understand the dynamics of contemporary visual culture in urban environments.
- A work that combines conceptual rigor with a refined and evocative photographic aesthetic.
Technical specifications
- Author: CAMPANY, DAVID; VAL HERNANDEZ, DEL, VICTORIA
- Publisher: FUNDACION MAPFRE
- Language: cat
- Subject: EXHIBITION CATALOGS AND SPECIFIC COLLECTIONS, PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS
- Collection: NO COLLECTION
- Publication date: February 2023
- Number of pages: 180
- Weight: 1141 g
Editorial review
This catalog stands out for presenting the winning project of a benchmark award in the international photographic field, the KBr Photo Award. Anastasia Samoylova's work offers a necessary visual reflection on how images colonize urban space, a phenomenon of great relevance in contemporary culture. The quality of the edition and the selection of the photographs make this volume a valuable piece for both specialists and fans of documentary and conceptual photography.