Photographer Kati Kalkamo – www.katella.fi
I am a photographer and photographic artist based in Naantali, Finland, and I have photographed for over 25 years.
I am primarily self-taught photographer, and I was swept away by photography at age of 12 as I bought my first compact camera. There wasn’t much to be said about my first camera, except that it was bright red, and it was a start of a lifelong passion and education towards a career as a photographic artist.
I have developed my photographic style and philosophy consistently and with determination throughout all these years. Addition to my style has come from studies of art history, cultural history and visual arts program.
Primary subjects in my artwork are nature, details in landscape and different materials and objects found around.
My greatest passion is empowering nature photography. I bring forth the empowering impact of nature and the perspective on life offered by nature. I also combine text, such as quotations, with my pictures.
I attempt to tell about world’s uniqueness, frailty and evanescence of a life that gets easily passed by when pursuing always more, always newer and always better.
My stock photos are sold by plainpicture photo agency. I am a member of Co-operative Action of Culture Turku, and I have participated in three group exhibitions of Co-operative Action of Culture Turku. I have also worked as a freelance photographer under my own business name. I had my first solo exhibition, Elegance of a Ditch, held at Naantalin Taidehuone in Finland in summer 2025. My Limited edition fine art prints are sold in my webshop katellashop.fi.
Exhibitions
- 22.7.–10.8.2025 – Elegance of a Ditch. Solo exhibition. Naantalin taidehuone.
- 3.7.–30.8.2018 – Together and Separate. Group exhibition of Co-operative Action of Culture Turku. The Turku Main Library.
- 3.–29.5.2018 – Transitions. Group exhibition of Co-operative Action of Culture Turku. The Raisio Main Library.
- 26.3.–29.4.2018 – The Power of Growth. Group exhibition of Co-operative Action of Culture Turku. The Botanical Garden of the University of Turku.