ON PHOTOGRAPHY: PORTRAITS OF NOW

ANASTASIA SAMOYLOVA is a Miami-based artist who moves between observational photography and studio art practice. Her work explores notions of environmentalism, consumerism, and the picturesque. Recent exhibitions include Fundación Mapfre; C/O Berlin; Eastman Museum; Chrysler Museum of Art; The Photographer's Gallery, London; Kunst Haus Wien; HistoryMiami Museum; and Museum of Fine Arts, Le Locle. In 2022 she was shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. Her work is in the collections at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, the High Museum of Art Atlanta, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, among others. Her published monographs include Image Cities (Fundación Mapfre/Hatje Cantz, 2023), Floridas (Steidl, 2022), and FloodZone (Steidl, 2019).

DEJHA CARRINGTON is an independent curator and co-founder of Commissioner. Her work focuses on supporting artists and building models for access in the arts. In addition to running Commissioner, a collaborative program that brings together emerging collectors and artists in their cities, she consults on social impact initiatives and teaches at the New World School of the Arts. She also serves as an advisory committee member of Miami-Dade Art in Public Places and New York University’s Center for Black Visual Culture. She’s based in Miami Beach.