Esko Männikkö
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Männikkö subsequently worked in the US on a series of portraits and views from southern Texas near the Mexican border, titled 'Mexas'. These people also stem from a poor existence but succeed nevertheless to establish a distinct but hybrid mythology of their own. Here the landscapes come to play an even more important role than in the Finnish series, beautiful but barren as they were.
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Icons of photography - Treasures from the Karin and Lars Hall collection
It is a great pleasure and honour for us to present such a unique collection of artists that have shaped the development of photography as an art form, says Jens R Jenssen, senior vice president of human resources and leader of the Statoil art programme. And he continues: This exhibition will make a difference.
The exhibition consists of approximately 180 works of photograph...
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Photography Group Show
Photography always puts reality into frames. The photographer takes a picture of something and thereby decides to leave everything else out of it, whereas it might well be possible that the things left out are far more important than the objects in the picture. We tend to object to this by saying that photography violates or undermines truth and reality because it distracts us from the essentia...
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Esko Männikkö Photographer's talk
08/02/2008 at 7pm
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2008 finalist in conversation with curator and critic Liz Wells.
£5.00/£3.50 concessions.
To book call the Information Desk on 020 7831 1772 ext. 201.
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Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2008
The Photography Prize worth £30,000 is awarded annually to an international photographer who is judged to have made the greatest contribution to photography over the previous year. This year's finalists are John Davies (UK), Jacob Holdt (Denmark), Esko Männikkö (Finland) and Fazal Sheikh (USA). Founded in 1996, the Photography Prize has become one of the most prestigious interna...
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ESKO MÄNNIKKÖ "HARMONY SISTERS"
In his exhibition "Harmony Sisters" Finish artist Esko Männikkö turns his camera to different animals. Horses, cows, chickens, and dogs are glimpsed more than seen in intimate close-ups. The works are almost abstract but an occasional eye, a wet muzzle, or a swirl of fur give the animals away.
His earlier photographic portraits of bachelors living in the north of his...
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