Pentti Sammallahti
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Solovki, White Sea, Russia, 1992 silver gelatin print |
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One of Finland's best known photographers, Pentti Sammallahti describes himself as a "wanderer" who likes the nature of the great north, the silence, the cold, the sea, the people of far off places, animals, and roadways. For three decades, he has traveled along the coasts of the Atlantic and the Arctic Oceans, throughout the Finnish Archipelago, and the remote villages of northern and eastern Europe. In addition to Sammallahti's original prints from Russia, Finland, and Eastern Europe, this exhibition includes Sammallahti's handmade books which demonstrate highly refined and complex printing and typographic techniques developed by the artist. Sammallahti is known in Scandinavia not only as a fine art photographer but also as the originator and designer of his own books and the inventor of special photographic printing techniques and book graphics. |
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Wendy Watriss Artistic Director, FotoFest |
| The text was adapted from the exhibit introduction at the 1996 Moi de la Photo in Paris. This show was done in collaboration with the artist in conjunction with his exhibition in Paris. Major funders for FotoFest 98 include The Brown Foundation, William Stamps Farish Fund, The Cullen Foundation, the City of Houston and the Texas Commission on the Arts through the Cultural Arts Council, Susan Vaughan Foundation, AT&T, The Wortham Foundation, and Caddell And Chapman Foundation for the Arts. |
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