Saara Salmi: Rabbit (sarjasta About Alice and the Rabbit)

The art project About Alice and the Rabbit was inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The photographic series is based on a fictional frame story, centred on a sketchbook inherited from the artist’s grandmother. Through its pages, the drawings and notes reveal a story of an underground Wonderland—one that differs from Carroll’s version: Alice and the Rabbit share a romance that turns out to be rather fateful.

About the artist
Saara Salmi seeks to guide people into other worlds. She creates vintage-inspired portraits under the name Atelieri O. Haapala, together with her partner Marco Melander. She paints the root systems of trees toppled by storms and designs poster images for various stage productions. Her sources of inspiration include forests, popular culture, monsters, fairy tales, and the complexity of the human mind. Salmi earned her Master of Arts from Aalto University in 2020. In her youth, she studied visual arts, graphic design, and animation in Liminka, Tampere, and Edinburgh.

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.