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In Brightness Hiding (the failure… Carl-Mikael Ström challenges the idea that photography is a language and asks the viewer: what can be shown but not said?

The impressions from observing the world reflect our cultural knowledge, lessons, and language. Consequently, we interpret what we see. For example, people identify an apple as an apple because it is something we recognise and can relate to. This is what Ström calls the “logical picture.” Ström wants to depart from the concept of the recognisable and logical and go beyond the boundaries of language to reach a category he has called “possible images.” Ström believes there is isomorphic tension between the photograph and the actual object it reflects and that within this tension lies the strength of photography. The photographs are presented as a visual ladder, aiming to reach the “possible images” within our senses. “I do not talk photography, and I do not talk about photography”.

Brightness Hiding (the failure… Is Carl-Mikaels Ström’s first solo exhibition, the exhibition has been produced in collaboration with the artist and the Helsinki Photo Festival.

Carl-Mikael Ström was born in 1986 in Sweden. He studied at the photography school Fatamorgana in Copenhagen under the guidance of Morten Bo from 2013 to 2014. Between 2014–2018, he assisted the Swedish photographer JH Engström. Ström works in photography, film, and poetry. One of Ström’s visual characteristics is the various manipulations and adaptations he makes in his images through chemistry, painting, and various forms of printing techniques, to show how he sees his reality. Time is his primary tool. Ström’s first monograph Montöristen was published by the Greek publisher VOID in 2019. In 2020 Carl-Mikael was one of the finalists in the Helsinki Photo Festival´s open call on the theme Trust, and a few of his works were exhibited in the Nordic Village group exhibition at the National Museum of Finland.

The exhibition is curated by Rafael Rybczynski and is arranges with the support of The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, The Embassy of Sweden, The Swedish-Finnish Cultural Foundation and Helsinki Photo Festival.

Exhibition is free of charge. Gallery Hanaholmen is open daily from 10 to 20. Exhibition from 30.5.-2.10.2022 www.hanaholmen.fi.

The Art of Aging is a photo story on the themes of beauty and sensuality after 70.

Helsinki Photo Festival presents the solo exhibition Art of Aging by Canadian photographer Arianne Clément in Stoa Gallery from June 28th-August 14th, 2022. Free admission to exhibition.

Inspired by the humanist aspect of photography that underlies the poetic images created by the likes of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Raymond Depardon, Robert Doisneau and Willy Ronis, Arianne Clément focuses on the emotional and descriptive power that photography can have on the viewer. At the heart of her work are the people (particularly the elderly), who live on the margins of society – often forgotten, sometime abandoned – who are rarely part of the cultural part of cultural and media landscape. With her lens, Arianne Clément highlights their humanity, their beauty and a little bit of their history.

The elders whose intimacy is revealed and celebrated share with Clément a notion of beauty and sensuality that inspires a state of grace. Borrowing from the conventions of Nude and Boudoir photography, the pictures show her fascination with the human body and its great potential for emotional expression. It is therefore of great importance to Clément to establish a strong bond with her models, with the goal of laying them bare both physically and psychologically. The subjects, captured in their uniqueness, diversity and vulnerability, are sublimated by the use of black-and-white which enhances their presence and adds a poetic dimension to each portrait.

The Art of Aging” in Stoa Gallery from June 28-August 14, 2022. Exhibition is part of the official program of Helsinki Pride 2022 @helsinkipride (27.6.–3.7.2022). Produced by Helsinki Photo Festival. Curated by Rafael Rybczynski.

Exhibition supported by the Canadian Embassy to Finland. This year Canada and Finland celebrate 75 years of diplomatic relations. Join in the celebration on social media using hashtag #CANFIN75!

Instagram: @canadafin Twitter: @CanEmbFinland, @AmbCanFinlande

OPENING HOURS
Mon–Thu 9.00–20.00
Fri 8.00–18.00
Sat 10.00–16.00 Sun 12.00–18.00
Stoa is also open during events.

Located in northern Helsinki is the most versatile sports and cultural complex Tapanila Urheilukeskus. Famed for it’s largest offering of all sorts of indoor sporting opportunities from archery, billiard, climbing, dancing, floor ball, library, music school for kids to yoga it is visited by over a million sport enthusiasts annually. Now for the first time, photography exhibitions are presented during the summertime from July 4-August 21 in the cafeteria and nearby facilities. Helsinki Photo Festival has joined with a popup exhibition with 7 artists from the open call Believe. Other exhibitions include Finnish photographer’s Jussi Hellsten project Sparks Came Out Of The Water and performance images from the great contemporary circus ensemble Race Horse Company.

The exhibiting artists from Helsinki Photo Festival include works from Zsófia Pályi (HU), Lisa Lindqvist Liljedahl (SE), Elena Helfrecht (DE), Fernando Montiel Klint (MX), Vaste Programme (IT), Tomasz Kawecki (PL) and Hannah Kiviranta (CA). 

For more info in Finnish:
www.tapanilanurheilu.fi/uutiset/valokuvanayttely

Beware of summer opening hours. Admission free except for Jussi Hellsten.
Tue-Sat 10am-5pm. Exceptionally, Mon 4.7. and Sun 21.8. from 10am to 5 pm.

A Nordic photo exhibition with works on the theme of Believe will take place outdoors at Hanaholmen’s Art Park (Hanasaaren’s Taidepuisto) showcasing a group exposé of 12 Nordic photographers and a solo exhibition of emerging Swedish photographer Carl-Mikael Ström in Gallery Hanaholmen. .

The Nordic Village supports emerging and groundbreaking Nordic photographers from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Estonia.

For the group and solo exhibitions, the Nordic artists get selected through a jury of photography professionals and curators responsible for the festival’s open call contest. The theme in 2022 is Believe. The Nordic Village expo will be set up in the Art Park of Hanaholmen – Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre. The exhibition is outdoors and accessible 24/7.

The highlight of the Nordic Village exhibition is a Nordic seminar with established visual artists, gallerist, photography teachers, photo editors and book publishers who will be organised on September 9, 2022.

The Nordic Village is a talent platform fostered by Helsinki Photo Festival to support emerging and groundbreaking Nordic photographers in Finland and internationally. The fifth edition of the festival will take place July 7th-October 2nd, 2022. The exhibition is made possible with the support of the Espoo City and Aktiastiftelsen i Esbo-Grankulla.

Gallery Hanaholmen presents a solo exhibition of Swedish photographer Carl-Mikael Ström.

Open call winner / Nordic Village / Helsinki Photo Festival 2022
Armand Tamboly / SE
Krummi / IS
Torgrim Halvari / NO
Jonas Tislevoll / NO
Mikkel Hørlyck / DK
Heidi Kirjavainen / FI
Pär Johansson / SE
Sami Mannerheimo / FI

Lisa Lindqvist Liljedahl / SE *
Angelika Kollin / EE *
Oscar Scott Carl / DK *
Line Ørnes Søndergaard / NO *

* double winners of international and nordic open call at Helsinki Photo Festival

The Helsinki Photo Festival (#HelPhoto) is an annual event showcasing Nordic and international photography in the Greater Helsinki area.

Helsinki Photo Festival is a visual arts event focused on photography opening for the public July 7 and ends September 30. The fourth edition on the theme Fearless is exhibited in the whole metropolitan area. The event is held annually and brings a new art experience to Greater Helsinki.

www.hanaholmen.fi

In Brightness Hiding (the failure… Carl-Mikael Ström challenges the idea that photography is a language and asks the viewer: what can be shown but not said?

The impressions from observing the world reflect our cultural knowledge, lessons, and language. Consequently, we interpret what we see. For example, people identify an apple as an apple because it is something we recognise and can relate to. This is what Ström calls the “logical picture.” Ström wants to depart from the concept of the recognisable and logical and go beyond the boundaries of language to reach a category he has called “possible images.” Ström believes there is isomorphic tension between the photograph and the actual object it reflects and that within this tension lies the strength of photography. The photographs are presented as a visual ladder, aiming to reach the “possible images” within our senses. “I do not talk photography, and I do not talk about photography”.

Brightness Hiding (the failure… Is Carl-Mikaels Ström’s first solo exhibition, the exhibition has been produced in collaboration with the artist and the Helsinki Photo Festival.

Carl-Mikael Ström was born in 1986 in Sweden. He studied at the photography school Fatamorgana in Copenhagen under the guidance of Morten Bo from 2013 to 2014. Between 2014–2018, he assisted the Swedish photographer JH Engström. Ström works in photography, film, and poetry. One of Ström’s visual characteristics is the various manipulations and adaptations he makes in his images through chemistry, painting, and various forms of printing techniques, to show how he sees his reality. Time is his primary tool. Ström’s first monograph Montöristen was published by the Greek publisher VOID in 2019. In 2020 Carl-Mikael was one of the finalists in the Helsinki Photo Festival´s open call on the theme Trust, and a few of his works were exhibited in the Nordic Village group exhibition at the National Museum of Finland.

The exhibition is curated by Rafael Rybczynski and is arranges with the support of The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, The Embassy of Sweden, The Swedish-Finnish Cultural Foundation and Helsinki Photo Festival.

Exhibition is free of charge. Gallery Hanaholmen is open daily from 10 to 20. Exhibition from 30.5.-2.10.2022 www.hanaholmen.fi.

A Nordic photo exhibition with works on the theme of Believe will take place outdoors at Hanaholmen’s Art Park (Hanasaaren’s Taidepuisto) showcasing a group exposé of 12 Nordic photographers and a solo exhibition of emerging Swedish photographer Carl-Mikael Ström in Gallery Hanaholmen. .

The Nordic Village supports emerging and groundbreaking Nordic photographers from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Estonia.

For the group and solo exhibitions, the Nordic artists get selected through a jury of photography professionals and curators responsible for the festival’s open call contest. The theme in 2022 is Believe. The Nordic Village expo will be set up in the Art Park of Hanaholmen – Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre. The exhibition is outdoors and accessible 24/7.

The highlight of the Nordic Village exhibition is a Nordic seminar with established visual artists, gallerist, photography teachers, photo editors and book publishers who will be organised on September 9, 2022.

The Nordic Village is a talent platform fostered by Helsinki Photo Festival to support emerging and groundbreaking Nordic photographers in Finland and internationally. The fifth edition of the festival will take place July 7th-October 2nd, 2022. The exhibition is made possible with the support of the Espoo City and Aktiastiftelsen i Esbo-Grankulla.

Gallery Hanaholmen presents a solo exhibition of Swedish photographer Carl-Mikael Ström.

Open call winner / Nordic Village / Helsinki Photo Festival 2022
Armand Tamboly / SE
Krummi / IS
Torgrim Halvari / NO
Jonas Tislevoll / NO
Mikkel Hørlyck / DK
Heidi Kirjavainen / FI
Pär Johansson / SE
Sami Mannerheimo / FI

Lisa Lindqvist Liljedahl / SE *
Angelika Kollin / EE *
Oscar Scott Carl / DK *
Line Ørnes Søndergaard / NO *

* double winners of international and nordic open call at Helsinki Photo Festival

The Helsinki Photo Festival (#HelPhoto) is an annual event showcasing Nordic and international photography in the Greater Helsinki area.

Helsinki Photo Festival is a visual arts event focused on photography opening for the public July 7 and ends September 30. The fourth edition on the theme Fearless is exhibited in the whole metropolitan area. The event is held annually and brings a new art experience to Greater Helsinki.

www.hanaholmen.fi

In Brightness Hiding (the failure… Carl-Mikael Ström challenges the idea that photography is a language and asks the viewer: what can be shown but not said?

The impressions from observing the world reflect our cultural knowledge, lessons, and language. Consequently, we interpret what we see. For example, people identify an apple as an apple because it is something we recognise and can relate to. This is what Ström calls the “logical picture.” Ström wants to depart from the concept of the recognisable and logical and go beyond the boundaries of language to reach a category he has called “possible images.” Ström believes there is isomorphic tension between the photograph and the actual object it reflects and that within this tension lies the strength of photography. The photographs are presented as a visual ladder, aiming to reach the “possible images” within our senses. “I do not talk photography, and I do not talk about photography”.

Brightness Hiding (the failure… Is Carl-Mikaels Ström’s first solo exhibition, the exhibition has been produced in collaboration with the artist and the Helsinki Photo Festival.

Carl-Mikael Ström was born in 1986 in Sweden. He studied at the photography school Fatamorgana in Copenhagen under the guidance of Morten Bo from 2013 to 2014. Between 2014–2018, he assisted the Swedish photographer JH Engström. Ström works in photography, film, and poetry. One of Ström’s visual characteristics is the various manipulations and adaptations he makes in his images through chemistry, painting, and various forms of printing techniques, to show how he sees his reality. Time is his primary tool. Ström’s first monograph Montöristen was published by the Greek publisher VOID in 2019. In 2020 Carl-Mikael was one of the finalists in the Helsinki Photo Festival´s open call on the theme Trust, and a few of his works were exhibited in the Nordic Village group exhibition at the National Museum of Finland.

The exhibition is curated by Rafael Rybczynski and is arranges with the support of The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, The Embassy of Sweden, The Swedish-Finnish Cultural Foundation and Helsinki Photo Festival.

Exhibition is free of charge. Gallery Hanaholmen is open daily from 10 to 20. Exhibition from 30.5.-2.10.2022 www.hanaholmen.fi.

A Nordic photo exhibition with works on the theme of Believe will take place outdoors at Hanaholmen’s Art Park (Hanasaaren’s Taidepuisto) showcasing a group exposé of 12 Nordic photographers and a solo exhibition of emerging Swedish photographer Carl-Mikael Ström in Gallery Hanaholmen. .

The Nordic Village supports emerging and groundbreaking Nordic photographers from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Estonia.

For the group and solo exhibitions, the Nordic artists get selected through a jury of photography professionals and curators responsible for the festival’s open call contest. The theme in 2022 is Believe. The Nordic Village expo will be set up in the Art Park of Hanaholmen – Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre. The exhibition is outdoors and accessible 24/7.

The highlight of the Nordic Village exhibition is a Nordic seminar with established visual artists, gallerist, photography teachers, photo editors and book publishers who will be organised on September 9, 2022.

The Nordic Village is a talent platform fostered by Helsinki Photo Festival to support emerging and groundbreaking Nordic photographers in Finland and internationally. The fifth edition of the festival will take place July 7th-October 2nd, 2022. The exhibition is made possible with the support of the Espoo City and Aktiastiftelsen i Esbo-Grankulla.

Gallery Hanaholmen presents a solo exhibition of Swedish photographer Carl-Mikael Ström.

Open call winner / Nordic Village / Helsinki Photo Festival 2022
Armand Tamboly / SE
Krummi / IS
Torgrim Halvari / NO
Jonas Tislevoll / NO
Mikkel Hørlyck / DK
Heidi Kirjavainen / FI
Pär Johansson / SE
Sami Mannerheimo / FI

Lisa Lindqvist Liljedahl / SE *
Angelika Kollin / EE *
Oscar Scott Carl / DK *
Line Ørnes Søndergaard / NO *

* double winners of international and nordic open call at Helsinki Photo Festival

The Helsinki Photo Festival (#HelPhoto) is an annual event showcasing Nordic and international photography in the Greater Helsinki area.

Helsinki Photo Festival is a visual arts event focused on photography opening for the public July 7 and ends September 30. The fourth edition on the theme Fearless is exhibited in the whole metropolitan area. The event is held annually and brings a new art experience to Greater Helsinki.

www.hanaholmen.fi