Elina Brotherus, Seabound. A logbook

The book gathers together the series Seaboud photographed by Elina Brotherus in Norway. In the skillfully planned book, the photographs run rhythmically and the spreads open beautifully. The book radiates a northern light. The photographs include many references, such as 19th century paintings in Sørlandets Kunstmuseum’s collection, event scores and other references by Yoko Ono, John Baldessari, VALIE EXPORT or Geoffrey Hendricks. The "log" in the end of the book offers a peek behind the scenes: it shows how the artist gets prepared and how she functions on location. The use of different papers gives rhythm to the book and provides a haptic, tactile feel. Magnified details as transitional images make the viewer zoom in and out, as if coming closer to the work in an exhibition.

Photographs: Elina Brotherus
Concept and graphic design: Ilona Ilottu, dog design
Texts: Timo Valjakka, Nicolai Tangen, Elina Brotherus
Colour separation: Petri Kuokka, Aarnipaja, Helsinki
Published: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg
Release date: May 2021
Edition: 1000
Printing: Offizin Scheufele, Stuttgart
Bound: Großbuchbinderei Josef Spinner, Ottersweier
ISBN 978-3-96900-033-5

Marko Hämäläinen, Hiljaisuus liikkuu tuulessa / Silence moves with the wind

The poetic book of Marko Hämäläinen tracks his travels in the northern wilderness with a gentle stride. The vast, limitless whiteness of the snowy desert along with the mythical twilight of the polar night create a feeling of meditation for the traveler, at times turning the wintery scenes to dreamscapes. Yet there is a heavy burden on the shoulders of the traveler, despite all the beauty. Photographed over the course of a decade in Finnish Lapland, the work conveys the stark beauty of the arctic scenery. With the years passing, Hämäläinen has recorded the inexorable change in the winter weather of the northern highlands. Wet snow and sudden fogs occur more and more instead of punishing, extreme cold spells. The book, consisting of black and white photos and essays and notes written during the treks, is his first publication.

Photographs and texts: Marko Hämäläinen
Languages: Finnish, English
Graphic design: Tiina Ekosaari
Colour separation: Petri Kuokka
Publisher: omakustanne
Release date: April 2021
Edition: 800
Printing and bound: Livonia Print, Latvia
ISBN: 978-952-94-4125-9

Niko Luoma, For Each Minute, Sixty-Five Seconds

Niko Luoma's brilliant artist book presents works from the artis's series Adaptations, as well as the process behind them. The works in the series are based on masterpieces of art history - paintings made by other artists, which Luoma has used as a starting point and made his own versions of them using his own unique working method. The abstract photographs are created according to a precise advance plan with hundreds, sometimes even thousands, of exposures on film. The working process is meditative and slow, and this slowed time is also indicated by the title of the book For Each Minute, Sixty-Five Seconds. The book is a visually impactful and carefully finalised photographic art book. 

Photographs: Niko Luoma
Texts: Timothy Persons, Lyle Rexer ja Duncan Wooldridge
Graphic design: Juha Nenonen, Bigger Splash, Helsinki
Colour separation: Petri Kuokka, Aarnipaja
Language: English
Publisher: Hatje Cantz, Berliini
Release date: July 2021
Edition: 1200
Printing and bound: Livonia print, Riga
ISBN 978-3-7757-4689-2

Sheung Yiu, Ground Truth

In the multidimensional book Ground Truth, Sheung Yiu interweaves archival imagery, documentary photography, experimental data and artistic work, to acquaint the reader with the mathematical models that provide us the tools to ‘resurrect’ trees from a two-dimensional image. Ground Truth highlights the complexity of seeing in the age of algorithms. What do we see when we are not around? What can we see when there is nothing there? Equipped with the phenomenal power of computation, photography and hyperspectral imaging, a group of scientists set out to approach the boundaries of satellite imaging in the forests of Finland. Using meticulous on-site measurements of physical structures and spectral properties of trees, ‘ground truth’ data are experimental results to verify the performance of predicting models. Their quest is to develop an improved interpretation model of satellite data for remote sensing research, which allows us to distinguish various features of the surface beyond what is shown optically in satellite imagery. The photographer moves in the forest with scientists and ponders on the relationship between traditional photography and visual technology phenomena. The different elements of the book form a thought-provoking, lively and playful entity. 

Photograps: Sheung Yiu
Archives: Finnish Forest Museum Lusto
Graphic design: Emery Norton
Editor: Vidha Saumya
Languages: English
Publisher: The Eriskay Connection
Release date: 2021
Pages: 174 + 24 (attachment)
Edition: 850
Printing and bound: Wilco Art Book
ISBN 978-94-92051-74-5

Elina Brotherus, Seabound. A logbook

The book gathers together the series Seaboud photographed by Elina Brotherus in Norway. In the skillfully planned book, the photographs run rhythmically and the spreads open beautifully. The book radiates a northern light. The photographs include many references, such as 19th century paintings in Sørlandets Kunstmuseum’s collection, event scores and other references by Yoko Ono, John Baldessari, VALIE EXPORT or Geoffrey Hendricks. The "log" in the end of the book offers a peek behind the scenes: it shows how the artist gets prepared and how she functions on location. The use of different papers gives rhythm to the book and provides a haptic, tactile feel. Magnified details as transitional images make the viewer zoom in and out, as if coming closer to the work in an exhibition.

Photographs: Elina Brotherus
Concept and graphic design: Ilona Ilottu, dog design
Texts: Timo Valjakka, Nicolai Tangen, Elina Brotherus
Colour separation: Petri Kuokka, Aarnipaja, Helsinki
Published: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg
Release date: May 2021
Edition: 1000
Printing: Offizin Scheufele, Stuttgart
Bound: Großbuchbinderei Josef Spinner, Ottersweier
ISBN 978-3-96900-033-5

Marko Hämäläinen, Hiljaisuus liikkuu tuulessa / Silence moves with the wind

The poetic book of Marko Hämäläinen tracks his travels in the northern wilderness with a gentle stride. The vast, limitless whiteness of the snowy desert along with the mythical twilight of the polar night create a feeling of meditation for the traveler, at times turning the wintery scenes to dreamscapes. Yet there is a heavy burden on the shoulders of the traveler, despite all the beauty. Photographed over the course of a decade in Finnish Lapland, the work conveys the stark beauty of the arctic scenery. With the years passing, Hämäläinen has recorded the inexorable change in the winter weather of the northern highlands. Wet snow and sudden fogs occur more and more instead of punishing, extreme cold spells. The book, consisting of black and white photos and essays and notes written during the treks, is his first publication.

Photographs and texts: Marko Hämäläinen
Languages: Finnish, English
Graphic design: Tiina Ekosaari
Colour separation: Petri Kuokka
Publisher: omakustanne
Release date: April 2021
Edition: 800
Printing and bound: Livonia Print, Latvia
ISBN: 978-952-94-4125-9

Niko Luoma, For Each Minute, Sixty-Five Seconds

Niko Luoma's brilliant artist book presents works from the artis's series Adaptations, as well as the process behind them. The works in the series are based on masterpieces of art history - paintings made by other artists, which Luoma has used as a starting point and made his own versions of them using his own unique working method. The abstract photographs are created according to a precise advance plan with hundreds, sometimes even thousands, of exposures on film. The working process is meditative and slow, and this slowed time is also indicated by the title of the book For Each Minute, Sixty-Five Seconds. The book is a visually impactful and carefully finalised photographic art book. 

Photographs: Niko Luoma
Texts: Timothy Persons, Lyle Rexer ja Duncan Wooldridge
Graphic design: Juha Nenonen, Bigger Splash, Helsinki
Colour separation: Petri Kuokka, Aarnipaja
Language: English
Publisher: Hatje Cantz, Berliini
Release date: July 2021
Edition: 1200
Printing and bound: Livonia print, Riga
ISBN 978-3-7757-4689-2

Sheung Yiu, Ground Truth

In the multidimensional book Ground Truth, Sheung Yiu interweaves archival imagery, documentary photography, experimental data and artistic work, to acquaint the reader with the mathematical models that provide us the tools to ‘resurrect’ trees from a two-dimensional image. Ground Truth highlights the complexity of seeing in the age of algorithms. What do we see when we are not around? What can we see when there is nothing there? Equipped with the phenomenal power of computation, photography and hyperspectral imaging, a group of scientists set out to approach the boundaries of satellite imaging in the forests of Finland. Using meticulous on-site measurements of physical structures and spectral properties of trees, ‘ground truth’ data are experimental results to verify the performance of predicting models. Their quest is to develop an improved interpretation model of satellite data for remote sensing research, which allows us to distinguish various features of the surface beyond what is shown optically in satellite imagery. The photographer moves in the forest with scientists and ponders on the relationship between traditional photography and visual technology phenomena. The different elements of the book form a thought-provoking, lively and playful entity. 

Photograps: Sheung Yiu
Archives: Finnish Forest Museum Lusto
Graphic design: Emery Norton
Editor: Vidha Saumya
Languages: English
Publisher: The Eriskay Connection
Release date: 2021
Pages: 174 + 24 (attachment)
Edition: 850
Printing and bound: Wilco Art Book
ISBN 978-94-92051-74-5