Finnish photographer

The volume 'Byker revisited' is the result of a long-term project lasting over 40 years: the Finnish photographer Sirkka KONTTINEN returned again and again to the poor residential area of Newcastle, where she herself lived in the late 1970s/early 1980s.

Photo artist Jaakko KAHILANIEMI owns 100 ha of forest. With his conceptual project '100 Hectares of Understanding' he tries to better understand his forest area and to show new ways of thinking and methods of how one can experience and feel the forest.

The black-and-white images in the photographic volume, 'Happy. Brooklyn 1988-1993', are from the first photography project by Finnish photographer Nina KORHONEN is about the story of 'Finntown', a part of Brooklyn inhabited by Finnish immigrants.

The photo book 'Peace Dance' by Finnish photographer Sanne KATAINEN is a praise to the every day’s fleeting encounters with a touch of mystery and banality, depth and lightness, melancholy and shallowness at the same time.

Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 27,5 x 24,5 x 2,5 cm., 160 pp.,

Swiss bound HC with tipped-in photograph (no dust jacket, as issued), 26,5 x 29 x 2 cm., 102 pp., 50 ills. (11 in color, 39 b/w), English, Ltd. to 600 copies

Out-of-print 'Rewind' by Nina KORHONEN is the last part of a book trilogy. Self-portraits and family scenes merge into a highly emotional image that draws its power from subtle moments of emotion that evoke associations with love, death, joy and suffering

In the sequel to the successful 'Helsinki School' series, this compendium 'Volume 3. Young Photography by Taik', Timothy Persons presents seventeen young artists and their incredibly multifaceted, experimental works of great technical perfection.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 14 x 21 x 0,5 cm., 64 pp., 70 color & b/w ills., bilingual text: English / French

2nd pritn run, cloth covered HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 144 pp., approx. 200 color ills.,

A poetic journey to vacation spots that vacation themselves. Finns are only perceptible outside in the three summer months, but in the popular holiday resorts of Hanki or Naantali you can still feel a touch of summer flair in winter.

This book is a thoughtful guide for photographers through today’s complex landscape of images, with the ultimate goal of understanding how to make images that matter: Understanding Photographs, Making Photographs, and Moving in Pursuit of Unique.

The autobiographical documentation 'Fucking Carpe Diem' by Finnish photographer Elina BROTHERUS deals with the highly taboo topic of unwanted childlessness. Intelligently designed, the volume takes the viewer on an emotional journey into the human soul.

The photo volume 'Me Kaksi' by Pentti SAMMALLAHTI celebrates the chance encounter. It contains a selection of iconic as well as unpublished photographs from more than forty years of wandering the world and tells of the universality of emotional connection

'Dark Atlas' by Perttu SAKSA, combines documentary images with still lifes and abstract photographs that locate the subject of energy as a structural element of our society. Oil and fuel become as tangible as the problems caused by dependence on them.

The monograph 'Minkkinen' accompanying international exhibitions on the photo work of Arno Rafael MINKKINEN contains unusual b/w photographs that are reminiscent of his fellow students, Harry CALLAHAN and Aaron SISKIND, from Rhode Island School of Design.

Diary-like series, landscape shots and situational mood images. The catalog volume 'Why Not?' with further essays follows the latest development of the Finnish photographer Elina BROTHERUS. The book constantly explores the possibilities of photography.

With his out-of-print black-and-white debut photographic volume 'On borrowed time' Finnish photographer Henrik MALMSTRÖM has created a quiet and touching photo essay about the last months of his sister's fight against cancer.

Elina BROTHRUS found points of departure for the book 'Seabound' in the collection of Sørlandets Kunstmuseum. Some works are based on 19th century Romantic paintings, others on performative scores, for example by Yoko Ono, Valle Export or John Baldessari.

'It's a strange feeling to look back at the young person I used to be. What happened? What has changed? The apartments. The face has grown older. What else?' - At least not the style in Elina BROTHERUS' self-portraits, that has remained pretty constant.

The volume 'Life is One. Live it Well' by Henrik MALMSTRÖM takes us back to the St. Georg district of Hamburg and many of its bars, which - in the meantime - become mausoleums of the good old days and fading testimonies to a rapidly changing neighborhood.

Sewn HC with open spine (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 29 x 1,5 cm., 120 pp. (some fold out pp.), text language: English, Ltd. to 750 copies

In 'Des Oiseaux', Finish travel photographer Pentti SAMMALLAHTI captures the secrets of nature and among them the world of birds. Coasts, marshes, parks, endless plains, forest clearings, snowy landscapes where birds reveal their presence in a refined way

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), approx. 20,5 x 26,5 x 1,5 cm., 72 pp., 36 b/w ills., bilingual text: Finnish / English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24,5 x 21,5 x 2,5 cm., 156 pp., 86 color ills, bilingual text: Finnish / English

2nd print run, HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 25,5 x 35 x 1,5 cm., 120 pp., 74 b/w ills., bilingual texts: Swedish / English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 30 x 24,5 x 3 cm., 188 pp., 180 color ills., English

The publication 'Heroes' by Karoliina PAATOS shows Gay rodeo which contradicts the prevailing idea of the cowboy. The drag culture is an essential part and everyone is allowed to take part. A boxed artist edition comes with additional booklets, foldouts.

HC with dust jacket, approx. 14 x 16 x 2 cm., 160 pp., 91 b/w iils. in duotone & four color offset, Swedish, Finnish / English

This set, 'Short Cut', by Finnish photographers Aapo HUHTA, Akseli VALMUNEN & Filippo ZAMBON - contains three subjective takes on the idea of home and its meaning. Each book is printed on a different paper, with a different technique and silkscreen covers

'Here Far Away. Photographs 1964-2011' presents a comprehensive retrospective of the work of photographer Pentti SAMMALAHTI. It takes its viewers from his native Scandinavia through the Soviet republics & Siberia, Europe & Great Britain, Asia & Africa.

'Byker' by Sirkka KONTTINEN is considered a pivotal narrative about working-class culture on the eve of its destruction. It covers a close-knit community in Newcastle, where she lived for seven years, as well as an area slated for extensive redevelopment.

In her photographic volume 'Breathing the same Air', the young Finnish photographer Nelli PALOMÄKI, a graduate of the renowned 'Helsinki School' - searches in her works for the lost magic that used to be inherent in photography.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 19 x 26 pp., 118 pp., 62 ills. + fold out, text language: English

The book 'Time Atlas' by Niina VATANEN combines images from diverse sources: personal photos, images from the Internet, encyclopedias, newspapers as well as textbooks. It focuses on time and how pictorial memory, personal experience & history intertwine.

'Transcendent Country of the Mind' by Sari SOININEN explores encounters with alternative dimensions of reality and perceptions of otherworldly signs around us. The colourful series offers glimpses of what she discovered behind the curtain of reality.

In this photo book of the collective 'MAANANTAI' - Anne GOLAZ, Jonna KINA, Tanja KOLJONEN, Jaana MAIJALA, Juuso NORONKOSKI, Mikko RIKALA, Maija SAVOLAINEN & Anne YLI-IKKELÄ - the escaping horizon stands for the impossibility of reaching absolute goals.

The color photographs in her self published volume 'La Cuerda' by Finnish photographer were taken between 2004 and 2012 in different parts of the province of La Coruña in Spain.

Self-published photo volume 'Handmade' by the Finnish photographer Nina KORHONEN contains over eighty color photographs documenting everyday life in Kochi Prefecture. The text by Yukiko Duke is reproduced in the book in three languages.