Statement by the photographer, Jaakko KAHILANIEMI
"I research what nature has to offer city dwellers, and I want to show new ways of thinking and methods of how to experience and feel the forest. I capture nature through my lens; with alchemy I then transform well-known things into art." (© Jaakko KAHILANIEMI)
Background information
"Finland is one of the most forested countries in the world. Almost 75 percent of the country is covered with forest - that's over 26 million hectares; 100 hectares of which belong to Jaakko Kahilaniemi. With his conceptual project '100 Hectares of Understanding' he is trying to restore his inherited forest area better to understand." (freely translated, © Kehrer Verlag, 2021)