Timo Kelaranta: Birds, bridges, 2010.
What a lovely name for a photo exhibition! Timo Kelaranta´s Outo rakkaus (Strange Love), the spring´s major exhibition in the The Finnish Museum of Photography, opened yesterday evening.
The exhibition shows the arch of Timo´s entire career. This is how he himself describes the start of it: “Photography was a strange love for me. It wasn’t a great passion at first. I don’t remember being astonished the first time I saw a print become visible in the red light of the laboratory. Photography had, as it were, crept into my consciousness and refused to leave. Now, I was on the verge of a serious relationship with it.”
Now you see that his photos are more than just pictures: even if they are upright, minimalistic and sometimes very formal, they open to us a window to his clever mind and his vulnerable soul, too.
Luckily this romantic hero knows well the value of his work. If you mention that some of pictures may look too simple, Timo is the first to say cheerfully: ”Feel free to make similar ones yourself!”
The exhibition shows the arch of Timo´s entire career. This is how he himself describes the start of it: “Photography was a strange love for me. It wasn’t a great passion at first. I don’t remember being astonished the first time I saw a print become visible in the red light of the laboratory. Photography had, as it were, crept into my consciousness and refused to leave. Now, I was on the verge of a serious relationship with it.”
Now you see that his photos are more than just pictures: even if they are upright, minimalistic and sometimes very formal, they open to us a window to his clever mind and his vulnerable soul, too.
Luckily this romantic hero knows well the value of his work. If you mention that some of pictures may look too simple, Timo is the first to say cheerfully: ”Feel free to make similar ones yourself!”
Timo Kelaranta: From series For Auli, 2011.
Timo Kelaranta: The Strikes, 2010.
Timo Kelaranta: From series JUEGO, 2009.
Timo Kelaranta: Outo rakkaus is open until 29.4.2012. Opening hours are Tue-Sun 11 am to 6 pm, Wed 11 am to 8 pm, address The Finnish Museum of Photography, The Cable Factory, Tallberginkatu 1G, 00180 Helsinki. www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi
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