Finnish Museum of Photography
Helsinki
The Finnish Museum of Photography is Finland’s national specialized museum for photography. Through exhibitions, collection management, education, research, and a wide range of public and community programmes, the museum strives to promote and foster photographic art and culture in Finland. Founded on the initiative of Finnish photography organizations, the museum opened its doors in 1969 and is the oldest photography museum in Europe.
The museum is maintained by the Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Photography.
The museum’s main support comes from the Finnish Ministry of Education and from the City of Helsinki, which provides premises in the Cable Factory in Ruoholahti, Helsinki. The Director of the museum is Elina Heikka, and it has a permanent staff of thirteen.
Hannele Rantala (bio), Jalo Porkkala (banner), Martin Parr, Vivian Maier, Jouko Lehtola, Pasi Räsämäki, Jukka Lehtinen, Hannes Heikura, Erkki Raskinen, Pentti Sammallahti, Markus Jokeala, Uwa Iduozee, Lyy Raitala, Tapio Vanhatalo
Finnish Museum of Photography
Helsinki
The Finnish Museum of Photography is Finland’s national specialized museum for photography. Through exhibitions, collection management, education, research, and a wide range of public and community programmes, the museum strives to promote and foster photographic art and culture in Finland. Founded on the initiative of Finnish photography organizations, the museum opened its doors in 1969 and is the oldest photography museum in Europe.
The museum is maintained by the Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Photography.
The museum’s main support comes from the Finnish Ministry of Education and from the City of Helsinki, which provides premises in the Cable Factory in Ruoholahti, Helsinki. The Director of the museum is Elina Heikka, and it has a permanent staff of thirteen.
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Hannele Rantala (bio), Jalo Porkkala (banner), Martin Parr, Vivian Maier, Jouko Lehtola, Pasi Räsämäki, Jukka Lehtinen, Hannes Heikura, Erkki Raskinen, Pentti Sammallahti, Markus Jokeala, Uwa Iduozee, Lyy Raitala, Tapio Vanhatalo
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Sons of CainDirected by Keti StamoSons of Cain, written and directed by Keti Stamo, is set in a small village in northern Albania. In this place, time is suspended and the severe rules of an old code, Kanun, still dictate the life and death of the inhabitants.. (more…)
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Philippe Van Snick: Dynamic ProjectOct 22, 2022 – Mar 5, 2023Dynamic Project showcases the wide-ranging oeuvre of Philippe Van Snick (Ghent, 1946 – Brussels, 2019). The exhibition is structured around ten clusters, a reference to the decimal system (0-9) that is intrinsic to Philippe Van Snick’s work. (more…)
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ARTPIL / Prescription .128Autumn is a second springDeeply into fall now, falling back an hour, “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” –Camus. Recently celebrating our Anniversary and setting up base in the eternal city of Rome, Artpil enters into its second spring. (more…)
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Lu GuangPhotographerLu Guang was born in 1961, in Zhejiang Province, China. He has been passionate about photography since he held a camera for the first time, in 1980 when he was a factory worker in his hometown in Yongkang County. (more…)
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The Last HumansAlienation in the AnthropoceneWe have fundamentally altered the earth’s ecosystem by disrupting the natural rhythm of our planet and in doing so have created a new chapter in the evolution of Earth and a new stage of uncertainty. (more…)
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Aesthetica Magazine Issue 110December / January 2023Art is about storytelling, and we all tell stories. There are the stories we tell about ourselves and the ones we tell about each other. There are the moments that sit between memory, fact and fiction. (more…)
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Soun-Gui Kim: Lazy CloudsSep 10, 2022 – Feb 05, 2023The exhibition Soun-Gui Kim: Lazy Clouds at ZKM | Karlsruhe is the first solo exhibition in Germany of Korean-French artist Soun-Gui Kim. Starting with works from the 1970s, the presentation will give a comprehensive overview of the artist’s work (more…)
