For most of us, life in the big city is a conundrum. Are we living ‘the life’ or are we prisoners? Looking up and not seeing the sky where we left it is a tragic prospect.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANASTASIA SAMOYLOVA TEXT BY YİĞİT TUNA
In Image Cities, Anastasia Samoylova pursues urban beauty, instead of capturing skylines. From London to Paris, New York to Madrid, the series presents segments of the layered and complex wonders of seventeen different world metropolises. Whether complete or partial, human faces appear in almost all of the photographs in the series. Besides adding depth, these faces bring vibrancy, lending a unique personality to the city in the image. Looking long enough gives the impression that all cities are connected, through some kind of global telepathic network. The images of the people, that appear integrated with the city, are too oversized to be concealed among the high-rises around them.
Samoylova’s striking imagery stimulates the senses and makes us conjure-up fantasies. As eloquently expressed by artist Saul Steinberg, famed for his city drawings for The New Yorker: ‘The moment I have to learn something new, like new habits, new languages, I myself have something like a rebirth. I reduce myself to the lowest denominator and this is very healthy for an artist. To start all over again’. Wandering through Image Cities gives a similar sense of starting all over again.
For most of us, life in the big city is a conundrum. Are we living ‘the life’ or are we prisoners? Looking up and not seeing the sky where we left it is a tragic prospect.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANASTASIA SAMOYLOVA TEXT BY YİĞİT TUNA
In Image Cities, Anastasia Samoylova pursues urban beauty, instead of capturing skylines. From London to Paris, New York to Madrid, the series presents segments of the layered and complex wonders of seventeen different world metropolises. Whether complete or partial, human faces appear in almost all of the photographs in the series. Besides adding depth, these faces bring vibrancy, lending a unique personality to the city in the image. Looking long enough gives the impression that all cities are connected, through some kind of global telepathic network. The images of the people, that appear integrated with the city, are too oversized to be concealed among the high-rises around them.
Samoylova’s striking imagery stimulates the senses and makes us conjure-up fantasies. As eloquently expressed by artist Saul Steinberg, famed for his city drawings for The New Yorker: ‘The moment I have to learn something new, like new habits, new languages, I myself have something like a rebirth. I reduce myself to the lowest denominator and this is very healthy for an artist. To start all over again’. Wandering through Image Cities gives a similar sense of starting all over again.
For most of us, life in the big city is a conundrum. Are we living ‘the life’ or are we prisoners? Looking up and not seeing the sky where we left it is a tragic prospect.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANASTASIA SAMOYLOVA TEXT BY YİĞİT TUNA
In Image Cities, Anastasia Samoylova pursues urban beauty, instead of capturing skylines. From London to Paris, New York to Madrid, the series presents segments of the layered and complex wonders of seventeen different world metropolises. Whether complete or partial, human faces appear in almost all of the photographs in the series. Besides adding depth, these faces bring vibrancy, lending a unique personality to the city in the image. Looking long enough gives the impression that all cities are connected, through some kind of global telepathic network. The images of the people, that appear integrated with the city, are too oversized to be concealed among the high-rises around them.
Samoylova’s striking imagery stimulates the senses and makes us conjure-up fantasies. As eloquently expressed by artist Saul Steinberg, famed for his city drawings for The New Yorker: ‘The moment I have to learn something new, like new habits, new languages, I myself have something like a rebirth. I reduce myself to the lowest denominator and this is very healthy for an artist. To start all over again’. Wandering through Image Cities gives a similar sense of starting all over again.
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POSITOPIA
17
OUT NOW
is a large format international biannual magazine from Istanbul. Focusing on arts, culture and society, each issue tackles various universal subjects within a distinct theme.
Address
Mim Kemal Öke Cad. No.6 D.6 Nişantaşı, Şişli, İstanbul, Turkey
+90 212 232 4288
contact@212magazine.com
POSITOPIA
17
OUT NOW
is a large format international biannual magazine from Istanbul. Focusing on arts, culture and society, each issue tackles various universal subjects within a distinct theme.
Address
Mim Kemal Öke Cad. No.6 D.6 Nişantaşı, Şişli, İstanbul, Turkey
+90 212 232 4288
contact@212magazine.com