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Overview"Ville Lenkkeri (*1972 in Oulu, Finland) is one of the graduates of the famous Helsinki School, whose brilliant works have drawn worldwide attention to Finland's contemporary photography scene. Hatje Cantz published Lenkkeri's debut book, Reality in the Making, in 2006, and the reception was enthusiastic: ""If the strength of Finnish photography is in gathering together irony, skillful craftsmanship, humor, and reflection on media, then it has found one of its most talented representatives in Ville Lenkkeri,"" wrote PHOTO International.For his new book, Lenkkeri made several visits to two Russian towns on Spitzbergen. To him, a now-deserted mining settlement appeared ""not as a depressing . . . scar on the Arctic landscape, but as a formerly just and happy commonwealth . . . where competitive hierarchies had been abolished in favor of equality."" The journey became a ""personal quest for alternative ways of living,"" the place itself ""a utopia in many respects, not least for having failed to exist"" (Ville Lenkkeri). Exhibition schedule: Kulturhuset, Stockholm, February 14-May 17, 2009 · Finsk-norsk kulturinstitutt, Oslo, May 28-August 16, 2009 · Synart Art Gallery, Frankfurt/Main, September 2009 · And further venues" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ville LenkkeriPublisher: Hatje Cantz Imprint: Hatje Cantz Dimensions: Width: 27.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.920kg ISBN: 9783775723992ISBN 10: 3775723994 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 24 February 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |