Photographic Art
Images from the landscapes of my mind
I am a photographer and photographic artist from Tuusula, Finland. My work brings together storytelling, emotion, staged photography and the visual exploration of the inner world.
For me, photographic art is a way to explore fragility, hope and the things we carry beneath the visible surface. In my works, photography, mirrors and poetic text open views into my inner landscape.
My bodies of work are born from experiences, emotions and questions that do not always find words. In them, image, symbolism and the viewer’s own experience become intertwined.
I look for the boundary between light and shadow — the moment when an image becomes a feeling.
Bodies of work
ἐλπίς (Elpis) – mirror anamorphosis
ἐλπίς consists of two parts: a photograph and an anamorphic image that is revealed only through a mirrored cylinder. As the viewer approaches the work, the distorted image becomes aligned on the surface of the mirror and reaches out — as a gesture of hope and connection.
The title refers to the myth of Pandora’s box. When the box was opened, hardship and suffering were released into the world, but hope remained at the bottom. In this work, hope is not immediately visible; it must be found from the right angle.
The mirror anamorphosis makes the act of looking part of the work. The image does not reveal itself at a glance. The viewer has to pause, move and find the point where what is hidden begins to emerge.
Hope is not always seen directly.
Sometimes it has to be found behind a distorted surface.
A Brighter Future
A Brighter Future is built around a diptych and a spatial installation. In the work, photography, mirror, movement and symbolic elements come together to give visible form to an inner conflict.
The work begins from a moment where uncertainty and courage exist side by side. The black angel, the text that can be read through the mirror, and the repeated movement of the praxinoscope open a space for questions about daring, becoming visible and crossing one’s own boundaries.
The praxinoscope brings movement and repetition into the work. The moving sequence photographed with peacock feathers and the mirrored Finnish text — “uskallan – en uskalla, osaan – en osaa” — “I dare – I don’t dare, I can – I can’t” — form part of the work’s inner rhythm.
The wooden figure decorated with feathers, included in the installation, acts as a symbolic counterforce within the work. It is not a clear-cut character, but an image of the inner uncertainty that can hold us back from being seen, from daring and from stepping towards our own direction.
The praxinoscope as part of the installation
This short video documentation shows how movement, mirror and repetition function as part of the work as a whole.
No to War
No to War is part of a rose series in which I explore fragility, transience and the sensitivity of life. In the work, the rose appears both beautiful and fragile: a living symbol of how easily growth, hope and possibility can be broken.
As world events unfolded, the work began to carry an anti-war message. The rose no longer speaks only of the passing of time and transience, but also of the fragile strength of life, love and hope. It is a quiet protest against violence — a reminder that every life has the right to bloom.
The rose opening and fading
The timelapse video shows the rose’s slow transformation from opening to fading. In the work, the rose symbolises life, love and hope — the fragile yet resilient force that carries us even through darkness and loss.
Poem: No to War
A rose is sent into restless night— its petals carry the warmth of love. It drifts through silence, searching for light, a hush of flame in the vast unknown. Thorns remember sorrow, yet the stem endures. You hold its promise: love, until war is gone. – Johanna Hautaniemi
Reflections
Reflections is a personal body of work in which a broken mirror becomes a metaphor for vulnerability, healing and becoming visible.
In the work, the mirror is not only a surface that reflects the person looking into it. It is also a space where cracks, memories and inner experience begin to form an image of their own.
The work is built through a dialogue between photography, mirror and poem. Image and text move side by side: one reveals what cannot always be said directly, while the other gives voice to what has long remained hidden.
Poem: Reflections
that a mirror can lie,
show something whole
when it was already broken.
but only because you stood so still,
afraid to face the cracks
they left in you.
as the fragments of my soul
sketched me,
painting an image from within.
with trembling grace,
not hiding the fractures,
but making art from ache.
in the fragility of a reflection
felt only by the eyes that truly see.
for beauty was never in the smoothness,
but in the light you dared let through.
But maybe I was only becoming—
a girl once,
who learned to glow
through all she was never shown.
only the witness,
the one who kept the light.
And now—
you are the mirror, too.
Exhibitions, collaborations and artwork enquiries
I have begun to focus my artistic work more towards exhibitions, and I am currently bringing together selected works for future exhibition applications.
My work combines photography, mirrored surfaces, spatial elements and poetic expression. I create bodies of work in which image, reflection and the viewer’s presence come together as one whole.
I studied photography, visual expression and media at Pekka Halonen Academy, Keuda, graduating with a vocational qualification in media and visual expression, specialising in visual expression. I am currently continuing my studies at Turku University of Applied Sciences, working towards a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Media Production.
If you are interested in a work, exhibition collaboration or another enquiry related to my art, you are welcome to get in touch through the contact form.
You can also email me at:
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