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"On a quest for the essence of nature: an unusual photographic perspective.
The poetic works of Sandra KANTANEN are more than just landscapes. Strongly influenced by traditional Chinese landscape painting, she at first sought ideal types of motifs in the sacred mountains of China, yet rarely found what she was looking for. It was not until she combined two media and utilized painterly means that she achieved the profound expression she desired. Kantanen printed her early photos on hand-painted metal grounds, thus employing the visual tradition of painting and the connotations of the characteristic artistic style in her work.
In the meantime, she has begun digitally processing her photos from China, Japan, Finland, and Tibet, creating distortion, blurring, or streaking, some of which recall the results of overexposure. In this way, the young artist, a graduate of the University of Art and Design, the talent pool in Helsinki, investigates and expands the boundaries of photography itself." (publisher's note, © Hatje Cantz, 2011)
More books by Sandra KANTANEN are:
'More Landscapes' (2019)
Exhibition schedule:
Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, June 23–July 23, 2011
Pyhäniemi Manor Hollala, Finland, July 2–August 14, 2011
Christophe Guye Galerie Zürich July,7–August 20, 2011
Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, March 16–April 14, 2012
About the photographer, Sandra KANTANEN (b. 1974, Helsinki):
Sandra KANTANEN studied photography at the Aalto University in Helsinki and Chinese painting in Beijing.
Her award-winning work has been seen in many international exhibitions. In 2017 Karl Lagerfeld selected her work to include in the highlights of 'Paris Photo'.
The poetic works of Sandra KANTANEN are more than just landscapes. Strongly influenced by traditional Chinese landscape painting, she at first sought ideal types of motifs in the sacred mountains of China, yet rarely found what she was looking for. It was not until she combined two media and utilized painterly means that she achieved the profound expression she desired. Kantanen printed her early photos on hand-painted metal grounds, thus employing the visual tradition of painting and the connotations of the characteristic artistic style in her work.
In the meantime, she has begun digitally processing her photos from China, Japan, Finland, and Tibet, creating distortion, blurring, or streaking, some of which recall the results of overexposure. In this way, the young artist, a graduate of the University of Art and Design, the talent pool in Helsinki, investigates and expands the boundaries of photography itself." (publisher's note, © Hatje Cantz, 2011)
More books by Sandra KANTANEN are:
'More Landscapes' (2019)
Exhibition schedule:
Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, June 23–July 23, 2011
Pyhäniemi Manor Hollala, Finland, July 2–August 14, 2011
Christophe Guye Galerie Zürich July,7–August 20, 2011
Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, March 16–April 14, 2012
About the photographer, Sandra KANTANEN (b. 1974, Helsinki):
Sandra KANTANEN studied photography at the Aalto University in Helsinki and Chinese painting in Beijing.
Her award-winning work has been seen in many international exhibitions. In 2017 Karl Lagerfeld selected her work to include in the highlights of 'Paris Photo'.
- Ed(s)/Author(s)
- Alistair Hicks, Tomas Träskman
- Book design
- Inger KULVIK-KANTANEN
- Format
- HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 25 x 29 x 1,5 cm., 128 pp., 70 color ills., text language: English