Current exhibitions

23.8.–18.11.

JH Engström: Härifrån

Swedish photographer JH Engström (b. 1969) is known for his personal photographic series, in which he has expressively documented himself and those around him. The exhibition at the Finnish Museum of Photography is, to date, the broadest sample of JH Engström’s artistic production, with photographs from 1991 to 2017.
Laura Konttinen: Arrival, 2015
23.8.–18.11.

fin.land.

The Photobooks from Finland association has conceived an exhibition and a photobook, both based on doing things collectively. Eight artists were selected for the project in the spring of 2018. The thematic starting point was the Finnish landscape.
Kati Leinonen, from the series Äimärautio

Exhibitions

Kati Leinonen: Äimärautio

7.9.2018 to 11.11.2018
Äimärautio is a community that revolves around a deep passion and commitment to horses. In her series of photographs, shot in Oulu, Finland, Kati Leinonen examines the relationship between horses and humans.
The broken window of Tyyne Böök's photography studio in Siltasaarenkatu, Helsinki, April 12, 1918. Photo: Tyyne Böök / The Finnish Museum of Photography

Exhibitions

Elsa & Tyyne 1918 – war photographers by chance

8.6.2018 to 18.11.2018
How did the civil war look like for a young female photographer in Helsinki in 1918? Tyyne Böök had a popular photographic studio in a worker’s district to the north of the Pitkäsilta bridge. Elsa Sillman was a medical student and an amateur photographer. When the war erupted, both women grabbed their cameras.