Born to Italian opera singer parents, Floria Sigismondi has led an existence forged both in the theatre, where stories are retold, and in the avant-garde, where futures are envisioned. In her still photography work, Floria pushes her trademark marriage of the poetic and the macabre to its limit, while managing to encompass the same emotional punch as her work in the moving image.
Originally studying painting and illustrating at the Ontario College of Art, it was when Sigismondi took a photography course that led to her obsession with the medium so that she eventually graduated with a photography major. She recently published her third book of photographs, Eat the Sun, which features many of Hollywood and music’s most celebrated luminaries, such as Nicole Kidman, Tilda Swinton, Daniel Kaluuya and Saoirse Ronan.
