Dark Zone of Hannes Heikura

Keskuskatu, 24.03.2010 klo 12.08 © Hannes Heikura.

Award-winning photographer Hannes Heikura has been my idol for ages. His honest way of seeing and capturing the moment has always been impressive – you could be at his side and not see what he saw. This lone wolf also chose very stubbornly the pictures he wanted to get published which certainly did not always please his employer, Finland´s biggest daily newspaper.

Since spring 2010 Hannes Heikura has been a freelancer. Now he shows his first art photo exhibition in Helsinki.

Dark Zone is a collection of powerful B/W pictures, taken during a year in the streets of Helsinki. Their quality is suberb - printed photos can never have the same intensity as the real ones, mounted on aluminium. There black is blacker than black and the rays of light shine like rays of hope.

They are fine pictures, but why I was a little disappointed? Why did I see them in context to newspaper, not as works of art?

Dark Zone in Helsinki Art Museum Salomonkatu 15, 00100 Helsinki, near Kamppi metro station. Open Tue-Sun 11-19 until 4th September.

Finnish summer beauties

Lush green forests and fields, small rivers, lakes, beautiful old houses - if you want to see the Finnish summer at it´s best go to Perniö.

At the number 1841 Perniöntie you´ll find this home housing during the summer lovely art by the daughters of sculptor Armas Hutri. On the first floor Eila Naukkarinen shows her rose watercolours and upstairs are the elegant fashion miniatures by Kaija Rosma, this time painted also with flaming colours.  

And in a smaller building there is a selection of C-prints by Kira Gluschkoff, one of our best known fashion photographers. Here she shows her fashion photos and portraits – a fine combination of power, humour and tenderness.

At the opening night the weather and the artists Kaija and Kira were smiling.
Lightnings exhibition at Perniön taidetalo Pyynpivo, Perniöntie 1841, 25520 Perniö. Open Thu-Sun from 12-18 until 7th of August.