Naida Osline

Naida Osline is a photographer and filmmaker whose work blends conceptual and documentary practices. Working with a non-linear approach, she often develops multiple projects simultaneously, allowing them to overlap and inform each other. Her working environment includes the controlled setting of the studio as well as the unpredictable conditions of public spaces. Osline’s photographic practice blurs the line between the organic and synthetic, creating imagery that is both captivating and thought-provoking.
Since 2009, Osline has been developing a long-term project centered on growing, documenting, and altering psychoactive plants. This project examines these plants' complex relationship with human creativity, morality, economics, legality, addiction, and spirituality. The subject matter has manifested into different bodies of work that invites viewers to rethink their perspectives on these plants and to reflect on the lasting significance they have had, and continue to have, on human history and culture.