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Elegance of a Ditch exhibition at Naantalin taidehuone

Photographer Kati Kalkamo’s Elegance of a Ditch exhibition opened on 22nd of July at Naantalin taidehuone. Exhibition is open 22.7.–10.8.2025 at Naantalin taidehuone.

Elegance of a Ditch exhibition at Naantalin taidehuone, fine art photographer Kati Kalkamo
Elegance of a Ditch exhibition 2025, fine art photographer Kati Kalkamo
Place for everything (2015), 1/8 + 3 AP, 60 x 90 cm
Elegance of a Ditch exhibition 2025, fine art photographer Kati Kalkamo
Elegance of a ditch (2017), 1/8 + 3 AP, 60 x 90 cm
Elegance of a Ditch exhibition 2025, fine art photographer Kati Kalkamo
I am here (2018), AP 1/3 (8 + 3 AP),
60 x 90 cm
Elegance of a Ditch exhibition 2025, fine art photographer Kati Kalkamo
When we didn’t waste our time waiting (2017), 1/8 + 3 AP, 90 x 60 cm
Elegance of a Ditch exhibition 2025, fine art photographer Kati Kalkamo
Now you can see me (2016), AP 1/3 (8 + 3 AP),90 x 60 cm
Elegance of a Ditch exhibition 2025, fine art photographer Kati Kalkamo
It all has a worth (2015), 1/8 + 3 AP, 60 x 90 cm
Elegance of a Ditch exhibition 2025, fine art photographer Kati Kalkamo
You won’t get lost if you know yourself (2018), 1/8 + 3 AP, 60 x 90 cm
Elegance of a Ditch exhibition 2025, fine art photographer Kati Kalkamo
Trust the process / All life above all (2021), 1/8 + 3 AP,
60 x 90 cm,

Elegance of a ditch

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.

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Empowering nature photography, Nature

A new year – what a great excuse for a change!

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Time for contemplating. Lake Manapouri, New Zealand. Photographer Kati Kalkamo.
Time for contemplating. Lake Manapouri, New Zealand, November 2017. Photographer Kati Kalkamo.

The turn of the year makes you ponder on life and think about your choices and what you are hoping for the future. It may be the most genius invention after birthdays in terms of chances to make changes, change directions, break bad habits and make choices and renew yourself. Some decisions and promises may not last but others may change your whole life and even the whole world.

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Nature, photography

Beauty of imperfection

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Wilted plant under water. Photographer Kati Kalkamo.

I love the vast landscapes and majestic views, these give perspective to one’s own life. But what really makes me tick, is the beauty of imperfection and fleeting time. Nothing compares to finding beauty in ordinary and plain sights and details. You can find me most enthusiastic with my camera in the front of wilted plants, twigs and seemingly insignificant debris and trash. These keep me grounded, keep me in the present and accepting and rejoicing the everlasting change.

Hiking, Nature, Nature destination

Yield of the forest

Troll woods. Photographer Kati Kalkamo.

Nothing is lost in the forest, nothing is useless, nothing is wasted. Layers upon layers create a sense of time. Nothing ends, it just changes shape. Time of a forest isn’t harsh, it’s solacing. Forest doesn’t take, it doesn’t hurry. Cycle of time prevails the landscape. Time and eternity are present everywhere.

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