Ghar – At Home In India

WHAT: PHOTO-BASED INSTALLATION   WHERE: INDIA   WHEN: 1999 GHAR – at home in India   The pictures in the exhibition “Ghar – at home in India” were taken in December 1998. The exhibition is a praise to my friends in India. Instead of taking classical family potraits, I tried to capture the “pauses” that […]

See Poverty

WHAT: PHOTO EXHIBITION INCLUDING STORYS   WHERE: KEMI, FINLAND   WHEN: 2010 Näe köyhyys Näyttely muodostuu kuudesta henkilökuvasta ja äänellisestä tarinasta. Kuiven ihmiset edustavatkukin erilaista köyhyyttä Suomessa. Näyttely on Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitoksen (THL)tilaama ja osa EU:n. Stop poverty! kampanjaa. Näyttelyn tarkoitus on antaa kasvot köyhyydelle.Halusin kuvata ihmiset hohtavan valkoisessa tilassa, mahdollisimman pelkistetysti. He astuivatkamerani […]

Anno Illusionis

WHAT: PHOTO-BASED INSTALLATION   WHERE: PHOTOGRAPHED ON A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD   WHEN: 1995 Anno Illusionis Anno Illusionis – time of illusion – was born on my journey around the world. I noticed that religion is a factor that defines people’s values and attitudes towards others and themselves. In the icons of the first […]

Garden No. 12

WHAT: PHOTO EXHIBITION AND BOOK   WHERE: KELLOKOSKI, FINLAND   WHEN: 1995 Puutarha number 12 An exhibition of photographs of patients of Kellokoski mental hospital. The exhibition was ordered by the Kellokoski mental hospital in Fall 1994, and the photographs were taken in the following winter when I spent  long periods in the hospital. After […]