Maija Savolainen: In July (hay)

In their photography, the artist uses a sheet of white paper to separate light from its surroundings. With the paper, they engage with its changing tones, reflections, and the shapes of shadows. Framed by the camera, the resulting rhythms, surfaces, and landscapes become a photograph, capturing a fleeting moment of observing the light.

About the artist
Maija Annikki Savolainen is a photographer who graduated from Aalto University. Her artistic practice is research-based and multimedia in nature. Savolainen’s works combine her background in the natural sciences with an interest in the narratives that different materials and craft techniques can produce. She has also worked as a university lecturer in the Master’s Programme in Photography at Aalto University. Currently, Savolainen is a doctoral candidate at Aalto ARTS, researching the cyanobacteria situation in the Archipelago Sea and women’s sailing culture.

By purchasing this print, you are donating 10 € to forest protection

The Association of Photographic Artists is participating in the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation´s (Luonnonperintösäätiö) campaign that is raising funds for the Art Forest (Taiteen metsä). The artist donates 5 € and the Association of Photographic Artists doubles the donation.