The upcoming edition of Helsinki Photo Festival is scheduled to run from November 24 to December 15, 2026, featuring new exhibitions by five internationally acclaimed artists. In collaboration with Oddspace Gallery, the festival will host the world premiere of Alvar Aalto Reimagined, a show by Italian photographer Nicola Fioravanti. Shot on location at the Aalto House, Aalto Studio, and the Muuratsalo Experimental House, the project explores the intersection of Alvar Aalto’s personal and professional spheres. Through Fioravanti's lens, the spaces come alive with the memories of the architects, collaborators, and loved ones who shaped Aalto's world.
Primordia, a complete series by Mexican photographer Fernando Montiel Klint, debuts to offer a rare look at the hidden architecture of living matter. Through scanning electron microscope images, the collection reveals the intricate microstructures of a feather, a tardigrade, seeds, and pollen grains—organic topographies normally invisible to the naked eye. By digitally colorizing these originally monochrome, scientific documents, the artist transforms them into a captivating "cartography of the invisible."
Norwegian photo artist Stig Marlon Weston's project 1 to 1 transforms raw memories into physical art, leaving the final interpretation to the viewer's imagination. Made entirely without a camera, these works were created by exposing the couple’s shadows and movements directly onto sheets of film in the darkroom. Moving away from the original exhibition's side-by-side textile display, this series digitally mounts the twin images together on a sleek grey background, uniting the lovers in a single, continuous frame.
Characterized by vibrant, dreamlike imagery, the work of Finnish fine art photographer Sari Soininen explores rich, atmospheric visual worlds. Through her deliberate use of color gels, flash, and long exposure techniques, she builds alternative realities in real-time, blurring the lines between perception, symbolism, and the unseen. Her artistic practice is grounded in philosophical inquiry and esoteric traditions, drawing inspiration from personal mystical experiences that actively question and broaden conventional reality.
Svante Gullichsen's practice centers on mental health-focused self-portraiture set within powerful, mystical Nordic atmospheres. At the core of Gullichsen’s work is an exploration of mental health struggles, the journey of finding one's place while growing up queer, the connection between humanity and nature, and the fundamental interplay of darkness and light.
During the three week event Helsinki Photo Festival’s programming will arrange artist-talks, seminars, portfolio reviews, exhibitions and an art fair. Helsinki Photo Festival’s Christmas Art Fair will open, December 13 from 10-8pm.
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