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Anastasia Samoylova (born in Moscow, 1984) is a Miami-based photographer who explores the intersections of environmentalism, consumerism, politics, and the picturesque. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina; C/O Berlin; Victoria and Albert Museum, Dundee, Scotland; Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid and Barcelona; Amerikahaus Munich; George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia; and Kunst Haus Wien, Vienna. She has published four critically acclaimed books: FloodZone (2019); Floridas (2022); Image Cities (2023), published in conjunction with her winning the inaugural KBr Photo Award; and Adaptation (2024). Aruna D’Souza is a writer and critic based in New York. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times and 4Columns, where she is a member of the editorial advisory board. Her writing has also been published by The Wall Street Journal, ArtNews, Garage, Art Practical, CNN.com, Bookforum, Frieze, Momus, and Art in America. Lauren Richman is the William and Sarah Ross Soter Senior Curator of Photography at the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, and has held curatorial and research roles at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth; and Art Institute of Chicago.