Josiane Dias

Brazilian photographer Josiane Dias looks for the unexpected details of urban landscapes, seeking aspects of the world which balance on the edge of permanence.

Her current project ‘The Floating World’ sees the artist skilfully capturing organic artefacts in a seemingly suspended state, floating in an inky pool of darkness. The flowers and leaves portrayed in the images are transforming; they are between life and death, pleasure and sorrow. The series is inspired by the endless cycle of birth, life, suffering, death and rebirth, with Dias aiming to capture the poetic, hidden dimensions of everyday life.

Now based in New York, Dias’s work has been featured in several exhibitions including shows at the National Academy Museum, Soho Photo Gallery, Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, and at United Nations Headquarters, as well as abroad in Rome, Venice and Tel Aviv where her solo show ‘Flora Abstrata’ was exhibited last year.