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Aino Kannisto
The Helsinki School was a name introduced in an article by Boris Hohmeyer, ''Aufbruch im hohen Norden'' (Breakthrough in the Far North), in art Das Kunstmagazin in 2003. This was the first time it was used as a brand name to describe a selection of artists who had studied under adjunct professor Timothy Persons at the University of Art & Design in Espoo from the beginning of 1990s (since 2010 Aalto University, School of Arts, Design & Architecture). So far, with over a 180 international publications, the Helsinki School represents a collaborative approach, where students of photography, not only work together by presenting each other's works but, exhibit with their professors, mentors and former alumni in a joint effort to share in mutual contextual dialogue that uses the photographic process as a tool for thinking. History In the beginning of the 1990s the University of Art & Design Helsinki (since 2010 part of the new Aalto University), Finland, embarked upon an educational ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Struth
Thomas Struth (born 11 October 1954) is a German photographer who is best known for his ''Museum Photographs'' series, family portraits and black and white photographs of the streets of Düsseldorf and New York taken in the 1970s. Struth lives and works in Berlin and New York. Early life and education Born to ceramic potter Gisela Struth and bank director Heinrich Struth in Geldern, Germany, Struth trained at the Düsseldorf Academy from 1973 until 1980 where he initially studied painting under Peter Kleemann and, from 1974, Gerhard Richter. Increasingly drawn to photography and with Richter's support, Struth, along with Candida Höfer, Axel Hütte, and Roswitha Ronkholz, joined the first year of the new photography class run by Bernd and Hilla Becher, in 1976. In 2007, he was an artist in residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts. In 2007, Struth married author Tara Bray Smith in New York. Work In 1976, as part of a student exhibition at the Academy, Struth first showe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisiana Channel
Louisiana Channel is a non-profit web-TV channel based at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek, Denmark. By the end of the first year, 28 November 2013, Louisiana Channel had published 130 videos featuring international artists, film makers, photographers, musicians, designers, architects and writers. By the end of October 2015 the number of videos exceeded 325. The videos are free for everyone to share. Louisiana Channel's aim is international and about half of the views come from English speaking countries. The videos are generally artist portraits, talks, interviews, short documentaries or recordings of events around the world. Artists Louisiana Channel currently has six categories: Art, Literature, Music, Design, Architecture and Most Viewed. The videos cover a variety of subjects - from singer-songwriter and poet Patti Smith's first encounters with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe to artist David Hockney's thoughts on photography and Photoshop. Another popular v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatje Cantz
Hatje Cantz Verlag (English: Hatje Cantz Publishing) is a German book publisher specialising in photography, art, architecture and design. It was established in 1945 by Gerd HatjeHistory . Hatje Cantz Verlag. Accessed 3 April 2018. and has offices in Stuttgart and Berlin. Hatje Cantz Verlag has a of nearly 800 titles. Its photography books cover documentary and editorial photography, political and social issues, and landscape; its art books cover fine art and conceptual art. Hatje Cantz has been part of the |
Jari Silomäki
Jari Silomäki (born 1975 in Parkano, Finland) is a Finnish artist based in Helsinki. He is a member of The Helsinki School focusing on Contemporary photography, contemporary Finnish, Conceptual photography, conceptual, and social photography. Career Silomäki has studied photography at Muurla College, Turku Art Academy and the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, University of Art and Design, graduating in 2007. In 2020, Silomäki's works have been presented in his biggest solo exhibition so far, ''Atlas of Emotions'', at the Finnish Museum of Photography in Helsinki. Furthermore, his artworks have been widely exhibited in Finland and internationally featured in institutions and galleries such as MoMA PS1, MoMA P.S.1 in New York City, New York, The House of Culture (Stockholm), Kulturhuset in Stockholm, Zanis Lipke Memorial Museum in Riga, House of Photography and Ludwig Museum in Budapest, as well as D Museum in Seoul. His works are part of international ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanna Kannisto
Sanna Kannisto is a Finnish photographer (born 1974) who is noted for her photographs taken in rainforests and for her studio photographs of birds. Childhood and education Sanna Kannisto was born in Hämeenlinna, Finland, and has said that her childhood experiences outdoors led to her interest in photographing nature. As a girl, she would collect flowers and insects, pick berries and go fishing during the summers and holidays when her family stayed at a cottage near a forest. But her family was not interested in art, museums or culture, so her first real exposure to imagery came via foreign music magazines and MTV, which arrived in Finland when she was 13.Nonino, Chira Bardelli. "A Conversation between Sanna Kannisto and Chiara Bardelli Nonino." In ''White Space'' by Sanna Kannisto. Modena, Italy: Metronom Books, 2017. Attending Turku University of Applied Sciences (1994 to 1997) provided Kannisto with an opportunity to travel with scientists to the Amazon rainforests where sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Kolehmainen
Ola Kolehmainen (born 1964) is a Finnish photographer. Life and work Born 1964 in Helsinki, Ola Kolehmainen graduated with a masters in photography at the Helsinki University of Art and Design Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city's ... in 1999. He studies and works in Berlin, Germany. His work is concentrated on contemporary architecture, using interiors and buildings to create abstract compositions, with an interplay of light and reflection. Solo exhibitions 2012 * ''Enlightenment'', Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland * Gallerie Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway 2010 * ''Alvar Aalto'', Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain * ''A Building Is Not a Building'', KUNTSI, Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, Finland * ''Colour Urban Structures'', Galerie Artfinder, Hamburg, Germany; Galerie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elina Brotherus
Elina Brotherus (born 29 April 1972) is a Finnish photographer and video artist specializing in self-portraits and landscapes. Life Brotherus was born in Helsinki. She earned an M.S. in analytical chemistry from the University of Helsinki in 1997 and an M.F.A. in photography from the University of Art and Design Helsinki in 2000. She is considered a prominent member of The Helsinki School. She lives and works in Finland and France. In 2003 her work was exhibited by the Orange County Museum of Art in ''Girls’ Night Out''. She won a scholarship from the Carnegie Art Award in 2004 and she won the Niépce Prize in 2005. She is proud of being able to produce images taken from nature that are not "Photoshopped". Her work is primarily autobiographical. She documents her infertility and "involuntary childlessness" in her 2011–2015 series "''Carpe Fucking Diem"'' and 2009-2013 ''"Annonciation."'' Awards * Niépce Prize 2005 * Carnegie Art Award The Carnegie Art Award was a Swedis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joakim Eskildsen
Joakim Eskildsen (born 1971) is a Danish art photographer. Career as a photographer Eskildsen born 1971 in Copenhagen. He was a pupil of Rigmor Mydtskov in Copenhagen and went to Finland in 1994 to study photographic book making with Pentti Sammallahti at the University of Art and Design Helsinki. He lives near Copenhagen and has shown some of his works in Europe (including Germany, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, France, England, Italy), China, and South Africa. From 2000-2006, together with the writer Cia Rinne, Eskildsen sought out Romani in various (mainly Eastern European) countries and other ethnic groups in India who are possibly related to the Roma. The fruits of this work have found their way into the book ''The Roma Journeys'', which delivers insight into the life of the Roma by its text and more than 200 photographs. Awards * Photo-Eye Books & Print Annual Award, 2000 (Best Foreign Title, for ''iChickenMoon'') [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjaana Kella
Marjaana Kella (born 1961) is a Finnish photographer. Early life and education Kella was born in Orimattila, Finland. She was a student at the Free Art School from 1985 until 1986, and moved on to study photography at the University of Art and Design Helsinki from 1987 to 1993. In 2014 she received a Doctorate in photography from Alto University, her dissertation was entitled 'Translations - Landscape, the face and the presentation of the photograph.' Life and work Kella has been teaching since the 1990s. She works on the MA program and is a Senior Lecturer in contemporary art and photography. In 2014 she was appointed vice-dean of the Academy of Fine Arts of the University of the Arts Helsinki. Her photographic work reflects on the genre of portraiture, challenging its traditional composition to question identity, reality, and authenticity. Talking about her work, Marjaana Kella has stated "My photographs are kind of studies of perception and experience, or of the interface ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arno Rafael Minkkinen
Arno Rafael Minkkinen (born 4 June 1945) is a Finnish-American photographer who works in the United States. Published and exhibited worldwide, Minkkinen's work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Finnish Museum of Photography. Seven solo monographs on his work have been published: ''Frostbite'' (1978), ''Waterline'' (1994, winner of the 25th Rencontres d'Arles Book Prize), ''Body Land'' (1999), ''SAGA: The Journey of Arno Rafael Minkkinen, 35 Years of Photographs'' (2005), ''Homework: The Finnish Photographs'' (2008), ''Swimming in the Air'' (2009), and ''Balanced Equation'' (2010). The retrospective survey SAGA premiered at the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, MA, in 2005. The 120-print retrospective toured to Romania, Slovakia, Finland, Italy, China, and Canada. Minkkinen was made a Knight of the Order of the Lion of Finland of the first class by the Finnish government in 1992, and awarded the Finnish State Art Prize in Photography in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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