“Now you can see me”, 8+3 AP.
There’s so much noise in this world. It prevents us from seeing, from being present.
I used to drive by this tree frequently, sometimes daily. It grew by an intersection of a busy road.
It still remains there but a big part of it has fallen and been removed. I think it must have been passed by millions of times, and probably hardly ever noticed.
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We look for beauty from vanishing untouched nature. We give value to nature with our eyes and seek for something breathtaking, something big, predefined beauty and value. The beauty of nature is all around us, even close by and unnoticeable, vanishing and fleeting. In nature, everything has its place, its own personality and its own story.
Elegance of a Ditch exhibition celebrates nature’s imperceptible beauty in ditches, roadsides, banks of ponds and wastelands. These burst with life, seizing the moment, and radiate life’s fleeting elegance. With my photographs I want to give my subjects a possibility to be seen.
read moreElegance of a Ditch exhibition opens 22.7.2025 at the Naantalin taidehuone.
We look for beauty from vanishing untouched nature. We give value to nature with our eyes and seek for something breathtaking, something big, predefined beauty and value. The beauty of nature is all around us, even close by and unnoticeable, vanishing and fleeting. In nature, everything has its place, its own personality and its own story.
Elegance of a Ditch exhibition celebrates nature’s imperceptible beauty in ditches, roadsides, banks of ponds and wastelands. These burst with life, seizing the moment, and radiate life’s fleeting elegance. With my photographs I want to give my subjects a possibility to be seen.
The artworks are part of a larger series. The photographs were taken between 2014 and 2021.
Exhibition is open 22.7.–10.8.2025.
“For me taking photographs is a form of storytelling. It’s my love story to the world and my way to see the world deeper.”
“I want to speak for nature’s intrinsic value and imperceptible beauty and to increase the appreciation of nature with my photographs. Nature gives strength and perspective to life. We are part of nature. Diverse and healthy nature is also an investment to our own wellbeing.”
