Born in Tehran in Iran, Aida Chehrehgosha spent her childhood surrounded by violence and fear. Both her parents took out their frustrations on their children. It was only as an adult that Chehrehgosha began to understand the harshness of her childhood experiences. This led to the series of photographs To mom, dad and my two brothers.

What do men in their fifties think? What are their hopes and dreams, and do they come true in the Finland of the 2000s? Photographer Riitta Supperi’s (b. 1974) 50+ series of portraits talks about Finnish men in an understated, respectful way. Ninety five ‘milieu portraits’ taken around the country deal with the lives of ‘ordinary’ 50–59-year-old men and with turning points in those lives.

In these photographs the night encircles, isolates and simplifies the views. At the centre of observation are the anonymous architecture of the everyday and chance encounters with people. Helsinki becomes a mythical non-place.