Edition of 6 + 2APs
78.5 x 112 cm / 31 x 44 in
Edition of 6 + 2APs
‘Tuori’s works document time as well as documenting our approach to nature. One might say that his positioning, repeatedly photographing ever-changing natural elements from the same angle, is portraiture of the elements as well as portraiture of the photographer himself.’ Birta Gudjonsdottir.
In the making of the recent works from the Forest series, Tuori has spent much time on the remote island of Kökar in the Aland archipelago in southwestern Finland. He photographs repeatedly the same place, from the identical spot, at different seasons and times of day, sometimes years apart. Multiple images, both black and white and colour, are then superimposed. As in all his work, the Forest series reveal his preoccupation with the passage of time.
Using a similar process for the Water Lilies series, Tuori has photographed the flowers and pads in lakes and ponds over an extended period of time. The ensuing works are multi-layered images, each image taken at a different time. Some layers may appear multiple times, whether in black and white, colour, or inverted into negative. The images becomes abstracted, transcending a specific representation of the original lake and water lilies, instead embodying the essence and recollection of the place.
Santeri Tuori writes: ‘Nature is often thought of as being quite stable. When thinking of time in relation to nature, we tend to think in years, decades or even millenniums. Like almost everything else in our time, nature is starting to tremble. What once was eternal, and an endless source of resources is starting to crumble. There seems to be a new immediacy in relation to nature and how we think of it.’
Immediate Nature combines portraits with images of forests, trees, and bushes. Most of the people portrayed are part of Santeri Tuori´s immediate family. The forests are from their daily surroundings. The forests and the portraits blend into one another seamlessly. It seems as if the portraits are made up of the branches and the trees.
Santeri Tuori (born 1970, Espoo, Finland) studied at the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Helsinki. A multifaceted artist, Santeri Tuori's work is primarily focussed on the properties of nature and its power to change.
