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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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