Pentti Sammallahti: Helsinki Finland, 1983.Yesterday evening we met a happy man in the Finnish Museum of Photography. He was wearing a white shirt stained with red wine, smoking cigars, chatting with people. And smiling. He was Pentti Sammallahti, and this was his big night: the exhibition opening of his life´s work. A selection of hundreds of photographs. Nowadays, when the photography fashion seems to favour the size of the pictures instead of the content, it is a relief to see Pentti´s honest work full of love and deep respect. Most of his photographs are tiny and reveal their secret only to a good eyesight, so take a magnifying glass with you or do – as somebody told me the master himself sometimes does: put two Tiimari glasses at the same time on your nose.
The exhibition is open until 27.2.2011 in Cable Factory, Tallberginkatu 1 G.
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