Literature

“The Hebrides, Finland, Italy, Russia, Wales, Nepal……like a nomad, Pentti Sammallahti has traveled the world throughout the decades, finding everywhere the meaning-laden vistas that show how, in chance moments, symmetry and beauty are created. An ability to see form where one wouldn’t think it could be found. A consoling search for a unified, holistic sense of purpose that can only arise when you don’t look for it. And which shows that photography is one of the most translatable languages there are.”~ Marie LunquistIntroduction to “Me Kaksi" It is always a special occasion when we are blessed to receive a new book from Pentti Sammallahti. We have just received his new book “Me Kaksi” which means “We Two”. The book celebrates the chance encounter, the strange closeness and the presence in the world of two beings.The idea of the duo, the couple of all kinds of accomplices appears repeatedly in his work taken over the last 50 plus years. Whether it is lovers, children, passers-by, travelers, neighbours but also a man and his dog, or two birds, these images tell of attachment, tenderness, the universality of the emotional bond of being in the world together.