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Winner Open Call Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. The

Winner Open Call Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. Theme: Believe.Cemre Yeşil Gönenli, Turkey. "Hayal & Hakikat: A Handbook of Forgiveness & a Handbook of Punishment". These photographs depict the hands of prisoners from the early 20th century, found in the photo albums of Abdul Hamid II, the 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Abdul Hamid II utilized photography as a tool for documenting the modernization of the Ottoman Empire at the start of the 20th century. A photography studio was built inside the Yıldız Palace and albums were reproduced and sent across the world as a testament to the progress of the Empire. Abdul Hamid II was obsessed with crime fiction and in the 25th year of his reign he ordered all murder convicts to be photographed with their hands visible in preparation for a planned amnesty. The photographs in the Hayal (Dream) section of the project show the subjects’ hands for the purpose of classification and possible amnesty. In the Hakikat (Fact) section, Cemre Yeşil Gönenli has cropped out the faces of the subjects so their emotional state is ambiguous. The Dream of the title refers to the inmates’ desire for release and the Fact’ their actual circumstances. The fate of the individual prisoners remains unknown. Hayal and Hakikat is dedicated to those in contemporary times who are arbitrarily detained in today's Turkey. Cemre Yeşil is a Turkish photographer and artist living in Istanbul. In 2017, she dropped out of her practice-based PhD in London College of Communication and independently continued her PhD research project, Double Portrait. Her work has been published internationally, including in The Guardian, International Centre of Photography New York, British Journal of Photography. She currently lectures on photography at Falmouth University MA Photography and at Bilgi University BA VCD. She also works as a writer, curator, publisher and is the founder of FiLBooks, a publishing house and a space dedicated to photography.#kansallismuseo #photography #exhibition #helsinkiphotofestival #helphoto22 #thisisfinland #helsinki #finland #taide #kunst #believe #fineartphotography #art #valokuva #valokuvanäyttely #visithelsinki #nationalmuseum

Winner Open Call Helsinki PhotoFestival 2022. The

Winner Open Call Helsinki PhotoFestival 2022. Theme: Believe.Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo, Colombia. "El pez muere or la boca / The Fish Dies By Its Mouth".The project reflects on the resilience of people incontexts of drug trafficking and fishing. The line of the beach connects the sea or river with the continent or mainland. Amphibious communities inhabit this line with their long traditions and with agriculture, tourism, whale watching and nature. Their peace is permeated by paramilitary presence, violence and drug trafficking.Drug traffickers need access to the coast to get their product out to sea. During these trips in speedboats, they are intercepted by the Colombian Navy, and their way of escaping is to drop the cargo to make the boat lighter. Fishermen from towns such as Rincón del Mar in the Atlantic occasionally find packages that can mean a year's income. El pez muere or la boca / The Fish Dies By Its Mouth is a participatory and intervention project in which the community is an active part in the creation of the images. The contrasts between traditions and armed pressure are expressed in different actions, landscapes, bodies and objects.Here, the performative act is confused with theswaying of reality, as a song of the undefined limitbetween sea and land, between legality andprohibition. Between 2016 and 2021, Santiago went on fishing trips with his father, brother, uncle and cousin.They all have the last name Escobar. Their link hasnothing to do with Pablo, but connects them with the sea, the land and sons, friends of these communities.Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo is an architect at theNational University of Colombia Manizales branch and holds an MA in Photography and Urban Cultures from Goldsmiths College, University of London. He was a Distinguished Graduate of National University of Colombia 2018 in the category “Research or Cultural and Artistic Creation”. He has participated inphotography festivals all over the world.#kansallismuseo #photography #exhibition#helsinkiphotofestival #helphoto22 #thisisfinland#helsinki #finland #taide #believe #fineartphotography#art #valokuva #valokuvanäyttely #visithelsinki#nationalmuseum

Winner Open Call Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. The

Winner Open Call Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. Theme: Believe.Eric Zeigler, United States. "underlying".Zeigler’s photography focuses on the pressures between representation and reality through the creation and dissemination of imagery. He creates photographic images that exploit the problematic contemporary western cultural categorizations and presumptions that are placed on photographic and lens-based imagery. Through these processes, he collects photographs that engage the viewer in the conceit and deceit of the image’s actual construction, while maintaining and utilizing well known methods of seductive image creation. The work questions the necessity of being in a place to photograph and understand it. Our seen version of the world has been simultaneously explored and photographed while we walk through it, and the photographs Zeigler makes reach into the previously unseen. The most current subjects for this work are dust-sized particles: sand from the beaches of Pozzuoli, Italy and fake Martian soil commissioned by NASA. The former was used to create Roman concrete, for which we do not have the exact recipe anymore; and the latter is dust from the Mojave desert, laced with chemicals to match the soil on Mars that allows NASA to test growing vegetables in the Martian soil before ever setting foot there.Eric Zeigler is an American artist, designer, and researcher whose current work involves photography and unconventional transformation of images. He received an MFA in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute. Recently, his work has been exhibited at the CICA Museum in Seoul, South Korea, and at the International Photography Symposium NIDA 2019 in Lithuania. Zeigler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art at the University of Toledo. He created and runs the Art Print Center which serves as a hub for all digital artwork production by university students, faculty, and local artists. #kansallismuseo #photography #exhibition #helsinkiphotofestival #helphoto22 #thisisfinland #helsinki #finland #taide #kunst #believe #fineartphotography #art #valokuva #valokuvanäyttely #visithelsinki #nationalmuseum

Winner Open Call Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. The

Winner Open Call Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. Theme: Believe.Aurélie Scouarnec, France. "Feræ".Since the beginning of 2020, Scouarnec has been regularly visiting a care center for wildlife. It is a place close to the hustle and bustle of the city, and it is also deployed in a less urban environment to help prepare for an animal’s return to the wild. In this place, the will to help all species of birds and mammals exists without distinction. Here, gestures are repeated and become recurring rituals. Veterinarians, trainers, volunteers, and students follow one another. In contact with injured bodies, the space opens up for a face-to-face encounter with an animal ‘otherness’, where distances are recomposed and sometimes entirely removed. In the proximity of this encounter with the wild animal, movements seek assurance and accuracy depending on the species. This time of care, which sees the relational boundaries with the non-domestic animal jostling and changing, must be as brief as possible to avoid fatal stress, or on the contrary, to impregnate the animal with too much of the human presence. At a time when wild species and their habitats continue to shrink, these sensitive persons are trying to make themselves heard and act for wildlife. An attempt to repair our links with the living. With more than six thousand animal receptions per year, the Faune Alfort Association has become the leading care center in France for a number of wild species. While the received number of animals in distress continues to increase each year, the survival of these centers relying on donations remains precarious.Aurélie Scouarnec (b. 1990) is a self-taught photographer who lives and works in Paris. Her work explores topics related to popular myths and beliefs in close interaction with nature. Her works were exhibited at various photo festivals such as at the Portuguese Encontros da Imagem in Braga and the Dutch Unseen Festival among many other galleries in France.#kansallismuseo #photography #exhibition #helsinkiphotofestival #helphoto22 #thisisfinland #helsinki #finland #iffinlande #believe #fineartphotography #art #valokuva #valokuvanäyttely #visithelsinki #nationalmuseum

Winner Open Call Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. The

Winner Open Call Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. Theme: Believe.Tomasz Kawecki, Poland. "a Lair". Using amulets from the warehouse-house, Kawecki began to re-interpret old myths and Slavic rituals. By performative activities, objects, installations and portraits, he combined the forest space with the space of his grandmother’s house. The result is a series of symbolic images. Alec Soth wrote, “In Tomasz Kawecki’s series, a Lair, there is a photograph that made me gasp. An elderly woman, presumably naked, reclines on a bed with snail shells covering her eyes. The swirl of the shells evokes a state of hypnosis or hallucination. The viewer becomes the dreamer with visions of anthropomorphic objects, dark forests and pond fires. The fact that Kawecki’s photos were made with his grandmother in his childhood home makes his project all the more meaningful. It prompts me to reflect on the boundless mix of imagination and sensory discovery one feels during childhood.”Tomasz Kawecki (b. 1993) is a photographer living and working between Cracow and Warsaw. He studied in the Faculty of Architecture at the Cracow University of Technology and is currently studying at the Institute of Creative Photography in Opava. Tomasz's work comes from his inner space. Using elements of performance and installation, he mixes fiction with reality, which results in a quasi-documentary outcome. In his works, he uses universal symbols that are archetypes in the collective thinking of society. Out of the chthonic nature, out of its chaos, he intuitively selects fragments from which he creates images. The leitmotif of Tomasz's works is the dualism present in nature and man. Among others, he is a winner of LensCulture ArtPhotography Awards(US) and Cracow Photomonth ShowOFF section (PL).#kansallismuseo #photography #exhibition #helsinkiphotofestival #helphoto22 #thisisfinland #helsinki #finland #taide #kunst #believe #fineartphotography #art #valokuva #valokuvanäyttely #visithelsinki #nationalmuseum

Winner Open Call Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. The

Winner Open Call Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. Theme: Believe.Maria Feck, Germany. “Madeline".Madeline Stuart is 25 years old, a successful model with over a million followers, and she has Down syndrome. Madeline's career started when her mother posted some photos of her walking for the first time on a catwalk near her home town in Australia. The photos became viral overnight and Madeline was celebrated as a role model for inclusion and diversity. Since then, she has walked at hundreds of fashion shows. Always by her side and a driving force behind Madeline's career is her mother and manager, Rosanne Stuart. Madeline communicates mainly through emotions and facial expressions. Her mother is a single mom and since Madeline’s birth has been defending her daughter against her own family and society. She has always believed in her and in diversity. Rosanne says, “When I saw Madeline walking on the catwalk in New York for the first time, I cried. It was the first time I thought finally other people can see what I have always seen: That my daughter is precious and beautiful.” Madeline inspires other people. After the shows people want to talk to her and there is an indescribable energy between her and the audience when she gets on the catwalk, which becomes her stage. Does Madeline see herself in the same way other people do: as an activist for inclusion and diversity? What interest does the fashion industry have in her? This is a story about a devoted mother and daughter relationship, believing in yourself and the value of all human beings. It is about believing that it matters to be seen, and being visible as a person with Down syndrome in society.Maria Feck (b. 1981) is based in Hamburg, Germany. She has worked as a freelance photographer since 2010, travelling worldwide for her research and reporting. #kansallismuseo #photography #exhibition #helsinkiphotofestival #helphoto22 #thisisfinland #helsinki #finland #photographyexhibition #exhibitionsinfinland #contemporaryart #taide #artfestivals #helphoto22 #believe #fineartphotography #discoverhelsinki #nordicphotography #art #valokuva #valokuvanäyttely #helsinki #visithelsinki #helphoto #nationalmuseum

Winner Open Call Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. The

Winner Open Call Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. Theme: BelieveEthan Murphy, Canada. “What's Left & What's Gathered”What’s Left and What’s Gathered is an exchange between Murphy’s late father and him that explores his relationship with identity and loss through collaboration with the absent body. This series examines a conversation ten years after the death, by visualizing various strategies that create a dialogue between Murphy and his late father. He is interested in how loss can lead to creativity and resilience over time. The series operates around two central questions: What is physically left to observe that informs the way you think about someone? How does the gathering of objects, ideas, and values impact your perception of them? The photographs were made in Newfoundland, mainly at a cabin that Murphy’s father purchased and left to his sister and him. The structure has always been a place for potential and creativity, and photographing there has encouraged him to engage with the space that was intended for growth. Newfoundland’s rural environment has served as a sense of place for them both, and returning there to photograph is a simultaneous return to his father. The cabin is documented undisturbed while using gesture and self-portraiture to activate the desolate space, suggesting posthumous collaboration and connection through image-making. Murphy has acquired many of his father’s possessions from which he has taken excerpts and used them as image titles. The recontextualized relationship between text and image connects Murphy and his father as artists, and anchors collaboration in the work. Murphy is interested in what common ground looks like between them, and the way that it is dynamic and manifests in multiple forms. Ethan Murphy is a photographer and visual artist from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography Studies from the School of Image Arts at Toronto Metropolitan University.#kansallismuseo #photography #exhibition #helsinkiphotofestival #helphoto22 #thisisfinland #helsinki #finland #taide #believe #fineartphotography #kunst #art #valokuva #valokuvanäyttely #visithelsinki #nationalmuseum

Winner Open Call Nordic Village Helsinki Photo Fes

Winner Open Call Nordic Village Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. Theme: BelieveHeidi Kirjavainen, Finland. “An Attempt to Tame the Wild”Our environment is contaminated by human touch. We are haunted by sleepless nights that result from technology around us: light pollution, TV and mobile devices showing us crises happening 24/7 around the world, forest fires, drought, wars… Not to forget human itself, the mind and body try to thrive in an environment filled with rush and noise. In places we consider nature, the wild, we cannot actually find it. Forests are grounds for tree farming. Seas, lakes and rivers are so polluted that they are chemically closer to something other than water. Humans are like hamsters running helplessly on their wheels. From womb to grave, we perform our lives. We are embarrassed by our shortcomings, no matter how sincere they would be. We are afraid of deer. Walking barefoot outside is either impossible or disgusting for us. We are estranged from nature. Kirjavainen attempt to find the wild in our environment and promote the importance of saving little pieces of it that still exist. Her photographs express our greediness, ignorance, and disrespect for the essence of life, for freedom. We aim to control, but eventually fail anyway. The wild, the free, seems to take over anyhow. We lack the understanding of belonging and harmony. We are not detached - we are attached, linked together. We have adopted a false idea of freedom. We think freedom is to do whatever we like as individuals. Without constraints, we feel entitled to take advantage of nature and other people around us. But selfishness is not equivalent to freedom. It is only freedom for one - but a prison for others. True freedom - is seeing the forest for the trees. It is not being ignorant and giving up immediately when encountering something difficult. It is - seeing the bigger picture for the details.Heidi Kirjavainen (b. 1991) is a visual artist and a photographer who works between Belgium and Finland.#helsinkiphotofestival #photography #festival #kuva #taide #kunst #helphoto22 #believe #fineartphotography #nordicphotography #art #espoo #esbo #exhibition #hanaholmen

Join a public lecture with Belgium photographer an

Join a public lecture with Belgium photographer and arts educator Carine Van Gerven in Annantalo Arts Centre on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 from 16:00 – 19:00. The public lecture is focused on the youth (15-25 years) who want to learn more about photography, the practice, and symbols in photography and conceptual projects. The public lecture is organised by Helsinki Photo Festival and part of its educational programme.Carine will use examples from her own photography and other lectures she has undertaken during the years. Participants will require a mobile or a tablet for the demonstrations.This workshop is limited to 50 participants due to the size of the workshop space. Register now and reserve your spot: https://helsinkiphotofestival.typeform.com/to/Lcs9g3y4Date: 13.09.2022 Time: 16:00 – 19:00. Admission free.Location: Auditorium, Annantalo Arts Centre, Annankatu 30, 00100 HelsinkiBiography: Carine Van Gerven (b.1966) is a Belgian professional photographer. After her studies in art and painting, she became an art teacher in Overpelt in the Flanders region. She has been working as a professional instructor with the youth on art workshops ever since. In 2016, she co-founded the cultural event Lens op de Mens – Fotofestival Pelt and currently is the president and creative leader of the bi-annual festival. Besides teaching, Carine has been exhibited in different art centres in Belgium, Serbia and in France such as at Bourbon Lancy and Galerie Paul Janssen. She has published several photography books. She is a member of the National Association for Professional Photographers in Belgium. In her photography, Carine tells today’s stories in a historical outlook with links filled with empathy and symbolism. Carine Van Gerven has won numerous awards with FEP (Federation of European Photographers) and a bronze award at PX3 in Paris. Twice, Carine was the winner of the Sienna creative awards and received recognition at the Tokyo International Foto awards (TIFA) and at the London international creative competition (LICC). Photo : Carine Van Gerven (@carinevangerven) #helsinkiphotofestival #helphoto22 #helsinki #education #finland #photography

This year’s Nordic Seminar brought together few

This year’s Nordic Seminar brought together few of the most creative minds in Nordic photography and contemporary art world to an exchange of knowledge, methods and talk about activities in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Finland. Nordic visual artists and projects from past til now were introduced to an audience keen to learn more how much impact Nordic Photography has on global scale. Speakers:Rasmus Stenbakken, curator at ARKEN Museum of Modern Art Pål Henrik Ekern, diversity curator, Preus museumPelle Kronestedt, photographer and senior lecturer, operations manager at CFF – Center for PhotographyStefan Bremer, photographer, visual artist and senior lecturerRune Eraker, documentary photographer, editor & publisherSøren Solkær, PhotographerKonsta Punkka, commercial nature photographer, speaker and Nikon AmbassadorKatrin Elvarsdottir photographer & co-director of The Icelandic Photography FestivalRafael Rybczynski, Artistic Director Helsinki Photo FestivalThe event was hosted at Hanaholmen - Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre. Tetra Auditorium. With support of The Cultural Foundation for Sweden and Finland, The Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Foundation, The Finnish-Danish Cultural Foundation and The Icelandic-Finnish Cultural Foundation.Photography by Sami Mannerheimo.We are thanking the many participants who came.#espoo #esbo #hanaholmenkulturcentrum #education #networking #photography #nordic #seminar #finland #suomi #valokuva #kurssi #art #contemporaryart

The portfolio review event was fantastic. We are t

The portfolio review event was fantastic. We are thanking all participants and experts for coming to the National Museum in Finland on Sat, September 3rd 2022. Photograph: Rafael Rybczynski#portfolioreview #helsinkiphotofestival #helphoto22 #helsinki #education #finland #photography

Helsinki Photo Festival’s educational highlight

Helsinki Photo Festival’s educational highlight of the year, the annual Nordic seminar with prominent Nordic visual artists, curators, photography teachers, photo editors and publishers will be organised on September 9, 2022.Confirmed speakers:Katrin Elvarsdottir (IS) – Photographer and Co-Director – The Icelandic Photo Festival (TIPF)Pelle Kronstedt (SE) – Photographer and Senior lecturer, Operation Manager CFF – StockholmPål Henrik Ekern (NO) – Diversity Curator, Preusmuseum, Norway’s National Museum of PhotographyRune Ersker (NO) – Documentary photographer and Editor Norwegian Journal of PhotographyRasmus Stenbakken (DK) – Curator, ARKEN Museum of Modern ArtSøren Solkær (DK) – PhotographerStefan Bremer (FI) – Photographer and Senior lecturerKonsta Punkka (FI) – Nature Photographer, Nikon AmbassadorLanguage: EnglishProgramThe event starts with registration at 9.30, seminar program 10-16, incl. lunch and breaks for coffee. Schedule (tbc).Registration and feesThe registration for on-site attendance ends on Wednesday, 7th of September, 2022.https://tinyurl.com/2uf4kwuzPrice: 15 euros including seminar, but not lunch or coffee.#seminar #education #photography #helsinkiphotofestival #helphoto22 #nordicphotography #speakers #contemporaryart #innovation #finland #hanaholmen

Up next at Helsinki Photo Festival’s educational

Up next at Helsinki Photo Festival’s educational events is the annual Portfolio Reviews with a chance of winning as first prize a solo exhibition.The event will be held on September, Sat 3rd at Ateljee in The National Museum of Finland, starting at 11:15 am and ending at 17:30 pm. Each review will last 20 minutes added with 5 minutes of change. Confirmed reviewers are following photography experts:Curt Richter (US) - Photographer and lecturer Florence Montmare (SE/US) - Photographer Carl-Mikael Ström (SE) - Visual artist Rafael Rybczynki (DK) - Artistic Director HelphotoPortfolio Reviews are open to photographers of all levels to showcase their work and get professional feedback. All genres are accepted. The event provides space for networking and can lead to exhibitions and much more. Opportunities to get constructive feedback, guidance and advice on career development.What is expected: All participants are required to bring their photobook dummies, photo folders or prints. Also, can showcase them through their digital devices. The participants are expected to appear face-to-face and be in good health. What winners will receive: The first prize winner of this year’s Portfolio Review will be granted the honour to be exhibited solo at the Helsinki Photo Festival 2023. The winner and up to three runners-up will be also featured in the festival’s online gallery and social media channels. The highest voted portfolio will also be offered the opportunity to participate in the limited edition print program at www.helphoto.com. Selection of the winners: During the portfolio review sessions, each reviewer will select the best portfolio in his opinion. The winners will be announced online as well as contacted via mail by Sep 7, 2022. Portfolio reviews are paid sessions: 35 euros per review/project. Participants can book one review or choose more reviews. How to enter the contest: Registration at linktr.ee/helsinkiphotofestival portfolio reviews link via Typeform or just scan to QR code and fill out your details and pay for as many reviews as you want to participate with our experts. Registration deadline: September 2nd at 23.59. #portfolioreview

Winner Open Call Nordic Village - Helsinki Photo F

Winner Open Call Nordic Village - Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. Theme: Believe.

Mikkel Hørlyck (mikkelhorlyck), Denmark. “Jørgen, a Mystery”.

As a photographer, Hørlyck does not doubt for a moment that he has had the honor of photographing a legend. Jørgen? He cheated death. Many times. But he didn’t do it alone. Doctors, nurses and guardians were a great help through the years. They saved him again and again. Jørgen Pedersen should have been dead long ago, considering his age, countless diseases and 40 years of drug abuse. He was a scientist of drugs. Freud of the drug environment. Satan’s favorite. A sophisticated mindset and extroverted being. A rich character. Hørlyck loved photographing Jørgen from their very first meeting in 2016 to their last in 2021.

Mikkel Hørlyck (b. 1991) is a freelance photojournalist and visual artist based in Aarhus, Denmark. His projects focus on global issues, social injustice, spirituality and the depth of one’s character. Hørlyck uses photojournalism to investigate the mechanisms of human survival. He approaches his projects with open-minded curiosity and commits himself to be totally engaged in the situations and experiences of those he photographs. His aim is to give a genuine and personal insight into the core of a human crisis.

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Winner Open Call Nordic Village - Helsinki Photo F

Winner Open Call Nordic Village - Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. Theme: BelieveHrafn Jónsson (Krummi) (hrafnjonsson), Iceland. “SkRöLt”.In reality, we are always limited by something. It is within these limitations that we go about our everyday lives. Each day we attempt to reach an agreement on how we meander within these limitations. Krummi’s limitations are various but by and large stem from his disability. The project SkRöLt is a path he stumbled upon, it is both physical and hypothetical, and on this path, he works within and beyond his limitations. He propels himself forward by negotiating an ever-changing agreement on how and what he is able to photograph. The title of this project translates into “I rattle along”, whichderived from Krummi’s unconventional walking pattern and it is how he refers to his journey.Hrafn Jónsson (Krummi) (b. 1990, Reykjavik) is an Icelandic photographer who lives and works in Reykjavik. IIn January 2021 he graduated from Ljósmyndaskólinn. By adhering to the seemingly simple and straightforward medium most of us engage with every day, Krummi is able to push himself forward and engage with his environment. He rattles on, maneuvering through the obstacle course of his everyday life with his unconventional walking pattern - a clumsy flaneur. Krummi was a teenager when he became disabled. Through his relationship with the photographic medium he has come to see that whether he is able, less able, more able or disabled, he is always, in some way, able. Krummi has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions, most recently at the Icelandic Photo Festival in January 2022 and the Futures Nordic exhibition at the Copenhagen Photo Festival in 2021. In 2021, Krummi was selected as one of five Futures Nordic Talents by the Copenhagen Photo Festival.#helsinkiphotofestival #photography #festival #photographyexhibition #exhibitionsinfinland #contemporaryart #taide #artfestivals #helphoto22 #believe #fineartphotography #nordicphotography #art #espoo #esboo #exhibition #hanaholmen #contemporaryart

Winner Open Call Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. The

Winner Open Call Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. Theme: Believe. Ligia Popławska (ligiapoplawska), Poland. “Fading Senses”.What happens if we lose our senses? In times of multispecies extinction and devastating effects caused by climate change, environmental anxiety is a rising problem affecting societies. Solastalgia is a relatively new name describing an emotional distress caused by the loss of ecosystems. It is characterized by a perspective of a fading world, by an experience of the loss of the present. Described as an earth-related state, it reflects the zeitgeist of our time. A perspective of a fading world and the state of fading-away is close to sensory deprivation. Absence of senses, one of the biggest human fears, can lead to intra-mental perception, echolocation and memory flashbacks. Fading Senses is a research project and a photographic essay where Popławska examines how solastalgia affects our mental and emotional health, and researches the implications of the absence of senses on brain mechanisms. Popławska has temporarily lost one of the senses in the past and this deprivation became her intuitive leading guide, which she has applied to her working methods and to the visual language. Turning her research into a speculative narration, she aims to create a mental image of an ungraspable sensation to underline human disconnection from the natural habitat.Ligia Popławska (b. 1994, Gdańsk, PL) is a visual artist, photographer and art historian who lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium. Her work focuses on the topics of environmental change and sensory ecology.#helsinkiphotofestival #photography #photographyexhibition #exhibitionsinfinland #contemporaryart #taide #kunst #artfestivals #helphoto22 #believe #fineartphotography #nordicphotography #art #helsinki #exhibition #contemporaryart #valokuva #valokuvanäyttely #kansallismuseo #nationalmuseumoffinland

Winner Open Call Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. The

Winner Open Call Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. Theme: Believe. Zsófia Pályi (zsofiapalyi), Hungary. “Penitents”.Pilgrimage is a retreat from everyday life, from our home environment where everything reminds us of our chores and jobs. It is one of the most ancient forms of penance and devotion in the Catholic faith. Once a purely religious tradition, it has now become a colorful bustle, a fair, and a fun-filled experience where the sacred mixes with the profane. This series of photographs captures this often contradictory, vanishing, traditional, yet constantly renewing scene in the Carpathian Basin, in Eastern Europe. The documentary snapshots and portraits create a colorful image of the pilgrimage sites frequently visited by Hungarians from inside and outside the borders of Hungary, in Eastern Europe. These festive rituals are indispensable to carry on the identity, beliefs, rich cultural heritage, customs and clothes of these people. Religious kitsch is also one of the most widespread forms of kitsch, as can be seen in the world of fairing. It brings the believer closer to God. Religious sentiment is often expressed in objects with a profane purpose, such as a plastic bottle depicting the Virgin Mary, but we also find products that, in contrast to the traditional ideal of craftsmanship, obey the command of mass production via their simplicity and shallowness. The photographs were made in several places throughout the Carpathian Basin - Andocs, Balassagyarmat, Csatka, Csíksomlyó, Gyöngyös, Vecsés, and Mátraverebély-Szentkút - each of them as a couple stations of this series, which has been expanding for four years now.Zsófia Pályi (b. 1982) is a photographer based in Budapest, Hungary. She received her BA degree in photography from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest in 2010 and has completed an MA at the Department of Media and Communication and Department of Portuguese Language at ELTE University.#helsinkiphotofestival #photography #festival #photographyexhibition #exhibitionsinfinland #contemporaryart #taide #kunst #artfestivals #helphoto22 #believe #fineartphotography #discoverhelsinki

Winner Open Call Nordic Village - Helsinki Photo F

Winner Open Call Nordic Village - Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. Theme: Believe. Jonas Tislevoll (jonastislevoll), Norway. “K93-1091”.K93-1091 is a personal journey back in time. The series is a photographic exploration of family relationships and connections between Tislevoll as an adopted child and the search for his biological mother. Korean adoption began in 1953 as a consequence of the Korean War, and as of today, there are over 200,000 people who have been adopted from South Korea. Korean adoption reached its heights in the late 70s and into the 80s. Unlike the period immediately following the Korean War, when most adopted children were orphans who were abandoned, the majority of the children sent for adoption in this period were born to single mothers from poor and working-class backgrounds. In 1985, 8,760 babies from South Korea were adopted, an average of 24 babies left the country every day. Single mothers and children out of wedlock still struggle to this day with being stigmatized and frozen out of Korean society. Tislevoll came to Norway in 1994 and has often felt that he is different. This has reinforced the feeling of being adopted, which has created an urge to understand his Korean history. Tislevoll has spent much time throughout his life being angry at and blaming his biological mother, but lately he has tried to turn things around. While searching for her, Tislevoll has recently been traveling around South Korea to get an understanding of how things were from her perspective. He has always dreamed of meeting his biological mother one day, and he does not know if he will ever get that opportunity. Tislevoll hopes and believes that their paths will cross each other at some point.Jonas Yang Tislevoll (b. 1994) was born as Jin Sub Yang in the city of Daegu in South Korea and was given the name of Jonas Yang Tislevoll when he was adopted to Fitjar, a small town in Western Norway.#helsinkiphotofestival #photography #festival #photographyexhibition #exhibitionsinfinland #contemporaryart #taide #artfestivals #helphoto22 #believe #fineartphotography #nordicphotography #art #espoo #exhibition #hanaholmen #contemporaryart

Winner Open Call - Nordic Village / Helsinki Photo

Winner Open Call - Nordic Village / Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. Theme: Believe.Torgrim Halvari (torgrimhalvari), Norway. “Same”.Same is a project about Sami identity. What is it to be a Sami today? 100 Sami Portraits is a major documentary and photo project made for Tråante 2017. In 2016, Halvari traveled around Norway, Finland and Russia to photograph and interview 100 Sami about their identity. The reason for the project was that Halvari, after many years abroad working with ethnic conflicts, became quite frustrated to come home to Norway and find that the stereotypes about minorities and indigenous people were alive there as well as in the world. As a photographer, Halvari has had several exhibitions where his strength is portraits. He is excellent at telling a bigger story in his work where the photograph communicates with the viewer on several levels. In 2016, Halvari signed a letter of intent with Tana and Varanger Museums Siida, of which the Savio Museum is a part, about touring the exhibition which he was about to produce. The exhibition was first shown in a simplified form in connection with Tråante 2017. Later it was shown during the Varanger Festival in Vadsø in August 2017. A collaboration between Halvari and the Savio Museum started with the idea to tour the exhibition. It took some time before everything was in place, but the exhibition is still just as relevant. In the meantime, Halvari has published a book related to the project. The book Same was launched just before Christmas in 2019. Torgrim Hermansen Halvari (b. 1965) is a Norwegian photographer and journalist with a master’s degree in documentary photography. He has also studied journalism, social anthropology, sociology, culture, the culture of the north and more. He currently works as an information officer in the Norwegian Officers and Specialists Association, but spends his spare time as a photographer and artist. #helsinkiphotofestival #photography #festival #photographyexhibition #exhibitionsinfinland #contemporaryart #taide #kunst #artfestivals #helphoto22 #believe #fineartphotography #discoverhelsinki #nordicphotography #art #espoo #exhibition #hanaholmen #contemporaryart

Winner Open Call Nordic Village - Helsinki Photo F

Winner Open Call Nordic Village - Helsinki Photo Festival 2022. Theme: Believe. Armand Tamboly, Sweden. "Endzeit". In the ongoing project Endzeit, Tamboly explores how humans interfere with nature, how people solve environmental problems in front of their house doors, and the motivation behind it. Endzeit is the story of a rapidly shrinking glacier in the heart of the Alps in Switzerland. For 150 years, this glacier has been a tourist attraction and therefore supported the regional economy. People living in the region have been heavily dependent on tourism and agricultural income. The locals realized that their future was dependent on the survival of the glacier, as the disappearance of the glacier would cause serious economic consequences. A private company is managing the site of the glacier. The main attraction is an ice cave which has almost completely melted down. People come to visit this ice cave from everywhere in Europe. When the managing company noticed that the cave was melting, they covered it and the surrounding area with heavy white blankets. The blankets are supposed to slow down the melting, but they can not stop it completely. By the means of aerial and abstract documentary imagery, Tamboly invites the viewer to have a vivid experience of the place. The images were taken in 2020 and again in 2021, only 16 months apart. In one particularly grim photograph of the situation, one can see the lake, which did not exist in 2014 when the area was still covered by a glacier. Armand Tamboly is a visual artist and photographer with a diverse background in photography and design. In 2021, he earned his Master of Fine Arts in Photography from HDK-Valand, Gothenburg University in Sweden. He is interested in psychology and history, and his framework includes environmental, social, and political contemporary subjects.#helsinkiphotofestival #photography #festival #photographyexhibition #exhibitionsinfinland #contemporaryart #taide #kunst #artfestivals #helphoto22 #believe #fineartphotography #discoverhelsinki #nordicphotography #art #espoo #exhibition #hanaholmen #contemporaryart #valokuva #valokuvanäyttely

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