Sauli Sirviö Photography
Incoming! A real printed book.
Finally! The summer is here with its nightless nights. I doubt there is a better way of enjoying these well it nights than browsing the Adios 3 book. YES, it’s finally out of press and can be found in any self respecting bookstore.
This pic features one of my trusted models, Artturi.
There has always been a kind of silent understanding between the two of us, and our various and questionable trips have been fruitful without exception. Adios 3 features a few of these moments. I’m enjoying the memories of us looking for mushrooms just to get some food on the table. Naturally, we ended up only finding an animal carcass. Then there was the time we break-danced in the snow until we couldn’t feel our toes anymore. It would take more than a million words to tell all the tales we’ve been through together, and I hope to have them all in one book some day. To all the people in my pictures - I have nothing but respect for you. None of this would look as good as it does if it weren’t for each and every one of you!
I feel a new breeze in my work. I’ve started working on a new project - with some difficulties - of course, but such is life. Defeats are the cherry on the cake that makes everything worthwhile. Life would be quite boring without horrible surprises, and these kinds of mishaps are what keep us pushing forward with even greater momentum. My mentors, Jouko Lehtola and Stefan Bremer, used to put it as follows: "Crashing 160 km/h straight into a ditch beats the hell out of going 30 km/h in the middle of the road." I have a feeling my new project will end up great after some patience, focus and good old fashioned hard work.
The sharpest ones of you might already have found their way to the "Suomi kuvaa" portion of Basso.fi - the feature is quite simple; Basso’s photographers, Juuso Noronkoski, Sauli Sirviö, and Matti Tanskanen post stories in the form of photographs. Pictures say more than a thousand words after all. I don’t want to spoil it too much, so I’ll just kindly ask you to find out for yourselves...
This summer will go fast as I work on a few smaller projects and get ready for Inter-cool 3.0 in Dortmund, Germany. This will be an exceptionally interesting event with some great artists – I feel immensely proud of being a part of it. In my spare time, I think I’ll just enjoy all the horrible surprises that are waiting for me around the next corner.
Adios!
Exhibitions
Coming up / present:
Intercool 3.0 | Sep 17 - Nov 28, 2010
Intercool 3.0
Dortmund, Germany
Past:
LIAFNAIP | Feb 24 - Mar 21, 2010
Myymälä2
Helsinki, Finland
The Nut Lab | Jan 21, 2010
www.thenutlab.com
Shanghai, People's Republic of China
B-sides | Nov 14 - Dec 11, 2009
Avia Pervia
Modena, Italy
Tense territories | Jan 22 - May 24, 2009
The Finnish Museum of Photography, Cable Factory
Helsinki, Finland
Tense territories | July 24 - Oct 30, 2008
Santralistanbul
Istanbul, Turkey
Nuit de l’Europe, Les Rencontres d'Arles | July 9, 2008
Parc des Ateliers
Arles, France
Contact
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