sunnuntai 16. kesäkuuta 2013

It is All About the Light

I would like to present another photoset we made with gorgeous Yana N. while year 2012 was spilling over into the year 2013 and it was all about emotions and we didn't want anything to drive attention away, so we chose simple little black dress opening neck and shoulders, no accessories and clear make up with accents on lips and eyes (made by Yana herself).

For getting into the mood, this time i'd suggest the Dragon by  Metallica & Lou Reed.



sunnuntai 19. toukokuuta 2013

Diverse Universe

 "Historically, performance art has been a medium that challenges and violates borders between disciplines and genders, between private and public, and between everyday life and art, and that follows no rules."
RoseLee Goldberg
 
 This week (Wednesday, 15.05) an abandoned factory building (tulitikkutehdas) was transformed into a Live Art and Performance area, in the context of a slightly underground, international, nomadic performance art festival "Diverse Universe". This festival involves over 200 international artists and unites about twenty cities all over Europe, at Tampere were performing such artists as: Amber Lee, Hiroko Tsutsimoto, Christine Olsen, Non Grata: Anonymous Boh and Devilgirl, Peter Rosvik, Mathieu Sylvestre, Terho Sire and J.K. Ihalainen
 It was a unique evening, showing pure art with no artificial boundaries. I was especially spellbound and captivated by a visual aspect of performances. I see no need  in verbal explanation of "acts"; as performance art is something that can be only seen, it is born in the moment of performance, and lives only in it.






lauantai 11. toukokuuta 2013

Fruits of Insomnia

 A few months ago, during a long sleepless nigh, we created a beautiful photo story, together with my friend Marina K. The story about strength, apathy and fragility, with a slight taste of madness.
 First, an inspiration for the shoot was this photo of Anne Hathaway for Vogue. Originally i wanted to do something classy and lady-like, but Marina brought her insane "Marla" (Fight Club) energy into picture, eventually transforming the idea into something exciting, thought, as usual. 
 Preparing for the shoot, we started with smoking of a nicotine-free hookah tobacco and it logically occurred to us, why not to take some "smoky" pictures.

lauantai 4. toukokuuta 2013

Vappu Tampere Style


In Finland, Vappu (May Day/Walpurgis day) is one of the four biggest holidays along with Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, and Midsummer (Juhannus). Vappu is a traditional festival for students and laborers marking the end of winter and the beginning of summer. On the eve and the actual day of the 1st of May, the whole of Finland is celebrating a merry carnival! (About history of Vappu you can read here and here


maanantai 29. huhtikuuta 2013

Rännirock vol.3


Living is learning
Earlie this month I got a chance to take pictures at "Rännirock" music festival, organized by TaYT (Tampereen Ylioppilasteatteri).
 Guys from the theater did a grate job in putting on a show. Two stages, great lightening, amazing groups and friendly faces. If you missed it this year, you should definitely try not to miss it next.
 The show was hosted by beautiful Alma and evening atmosphere was upheld by Dj:s Sumu-Antero and Strobo-Ellu.
 Among the performers were "Happy Birthday Wanda June" team, with some songs from the play, theater's very own street-performance band "Kuluttajat", Tapio Ylinen (not only a great artist, but also Wanda's director) and show-stoppers "Lili", "Hyvästi, Nikolai" and "Weirdship".
Getting ready for the show
"Happy Birthday Wanda June" team performance

sunnuntai 28. huhtikuuta 2013

A Breath of Scandal

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

One of the first photosets this year was one with artistic Yana. She came to visit us for Christmas holiday and we couldn't leave this grate opportunity unused :) 
Inspiration for this set were Italian movies, passionate women, lonely evenings and a bit works of Terry Richardson (terryrichardson.com).

Amy Winehouse – You Know Im No Good  


perjantai 26. huhtikuuta 2013

Ready Steady Go!

I was thinking lately, what would be the best way to post my oldest pictures here? Then it occurs to me, that starting this blog is a grate opportunity to make sort of a review of projects we've done last year, a kind of late-coming New Year sum-up.

I will probably start from the project I enjoyed the most.
So... late Finnish spring, year 2012... me, my friend/most/muse Marina and nice old-fashion dress (bought it on a theater "yard-sale" for 5e)... Idea was to create a romantically melancholic story, about a young, well educated girl, who came back to her small home town and is getting slightly mad because of lack of perspectives and unbearable loneliness...

this picture on vogue.it 

torstai 25. huhtikuuta 2013

The First Post is the Hardest...

They say, that the first post is the hardest, and looks like it is. For hours I tried to write something interesting, original and creative to describe myself in humorous and "catchy" manner. Well, turns out, writing is not exactly my thing :) so, I'll just skip this part and... see you in my pictures ;)