Maia Flore

Maia Flore’s surrealistic self-portraits see the artist defying gravity, at times lifted by pinwheels, balloons, and plants, or floating, suspended, over a silvery pool. The Paris-born, Los Angeles–based artist explores the human body in connection to nature in photographs set in metaphorical landscapes. Although her face is typically obscured, Flore is recognizable in each image by her trademark red hair. Carefully choreographed and digitally manipulated in post-production, in the series “Sleep Elevations,” the artist is seen falling and flying, a visualization of being suspended in childhood memories. Winner of the HSBC Prize for Photography in 2015, Flore has regularly exhibited her photographs in France and abroad. Her work has additionally been featured in publications like Kinfolk and The New Yorker.