VIIVI NIEMINEN & KATRI NAUKKARINEN
Is everything deep beneath the surface?
9.–24.3.2013
Galleria Huuto Jätkäsaari 1
K: Death this and post that. It’s like I’m swimming against the tide
when I emphasize the value of photographing.
V: I wonder what it is. Why isn’t photographing itself interesting?
Everything in a photograph is so strongly connected to the presence
of the camera. I don’t think one can get rid of it.
K: Technology makes the activity possible and at the same time
defines it. I always have my camera with me, not because I take
pictures of everything but because when I don’t have a camera with
me, it makes me feel that I’m valuing both my thoughts and
observations in advance.
V: I can describe my work process, but I prefer not to say what one
should see in a picture. I want to give the viewer an opportunity to
follow their own path through the picture.
K: I don’t think either one of us creates series, let alone builds
pictures.
V: Pictures will come if you are open to them. I allow myself to
wander around and if I’m lucky, I find things that speak to me.
However, I have set some rules for myself. For example, I don’t take
pictures when I’m working in the darkroom. I don’t have time to
question whether a new picture would be better than the one I’m
working on.
K: I have mixed feelings about the way I work. It’s like I’m just
photographing all sorts of things. I can’t even explain the results, but
still I know what I’m doing.
V: Are we making all this too complicated? Should a picture just be
looked at as a picture?
