Reflection, Lake Placid, 2020
32 x 40 and 40 x 50 inches
Edition of five
May 8, 2023
This marvelous picture is like a visual collage, evoking sense memories of warm lakeside days. Anastasia Samoylova has crisscrossed Florida creating her series Floridas, a photo document of The Sunshine State in all its beauty and complexities. This photograph was taken in Lake Placid, Florida, a small town that boasts 27 freshwater lakes.
Samoylova has been widely celebrated in recent years for her brilliantly composed photographs, which combine a timely sensibility with a deep knowledge of photographic history. She demonstrates her understanding of Lee Friedlander's work with this piece, weaving together a dense combination of fragmentary images to create a richly layered picture.
