Sanna Kannisto

Sanna Kannisto: Observing Eye

Like a Painting: A Precise Look at Every Detail of a Bird

Publisher: Hatje Cantz, June 2020

Graphic design: Juha Nenonen

Format: 25 x 29 cm

Language: English

Pages: 144

ISBN: 978-3-7757-4791-2

Sanna Kannisto’s métier is nature photography. Like her role models, she considers herself both a scientist and an artist. And, in fact, her analytical gaze is in no way inferior to her creativity and passion. She creates moments of unusual beauty that also shed light on what has been previously concealed. Kannisto has her own method for taking pictures of birds, photographing the animals in front of a brilliantly lit, white background. Removed from their usual surroundings, every detail appears in matchless clarity, allowing for precise study. At the same time, this results in a unique visual aesthetic: the feathers glow brightly, the beating wings take on a majestic quality, and the deep black eyes of the birds seem to gaze hauntingly at the camera. The patience required to produce these pictures has paid off , since it is hard to imagine more beautiful photographs of birds.

The Helsinki School: The Nature of Being, Vol. 6

Publisher: Hatje Cantz, 2019.

Ed. Timothy Persons, Asia Zak Persons, text(s) by Grey Crawford, Antje-Britt Mählmann, Timothy Persons, Marja Sakari, graphic design by Full Metal Jacket.

Format: 24 x 29 cm

Language: English

ISBN 978-3-7757-4699-1

Persons Projects is happy to present the new volume of The Helsinki School: The Nature of Being, Vol. 6. The publication has been launched Saturday 7 November during Paris Photo Fair 2019.

It concentrates on bringing together the various approaches used by the School’s representatives to conceptualize nature visibly. The stated goal is not to limit oneself to purely physical depictions of animals, plants, and landscapes. Nature ought to be expressed through a di¤erent type of unit and with a new way of gauging time. Days, months, and seasons become the points of crystallization for time. Thus, the photographs reflect a Nordic sense about feelings of loneliness, jealousy, or desire. The works provide photographic insight into the complex horizon of emotions that characterize our individual views of nature. They do not portray landscape as such, but the world in which we live.
Since the 1990s the name Helsinki School has been used to describe a group of fine art photographers who studied, taught, or graduated from the Aalto University’s School of Art, Design and Architecture. The term unites a consistent conceptual approach.

The Helsinki School: From the Past to the Future

Published by: Hatje Cantz, 2014
Format: 29.50 x 24.50 cm, hardcover
Pages: ca. 256 pages, ca. 180 illustrations
Texts: Holger Broeker, Alistair Hicks,Erika Hoffman-Koenige,
Andréa Holzherr,Timothy Persons, Lyle Rexer, Pari Stave,
Christoph Tannert, Jyrki Parantainen
Language: English
Graphic design by: Hannes Aechter
ISBN 978-3-7757-3901-6
Hatje Cantz

I find it amazing that after twenty years of existence, the Helsinki School cannot be defined by any one fixed point of view. Conceptually there is a red thread connecting one generation to another in the way they perceive and present their ideas but not necessarily in how they apply them.

– Timothy Persons (introduction)

Sanna Kannisto: Fieldwork

Published by: Aperture Foundation, 2011
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 96 pages
Language: English
Artist: Sanna Kannisto
ISBN-10: 159711152X
ISBN-13: 978-1597111522

The Helsinki School
Vol. 4 - A Female View

Published by: Hatje Cantz in 2011.
Format: 29.00 x 24.00 cm, hardcover
Pages: 192 pages., ca. 190 color illustrations
Edited: Aalto University - School of Art and Design
Texts: Andrea Holzherr, Timothy Persons
Artists: Elina Brotherus, Nanna Hänninen, Maarit Hohteri Wilma Hurskainen, Tiina Itkonen, Ulla Jokisalo, Aino Kannisto, Sanna Kannisto, Sandra Kantanen, Marjaana Kella,
Milja Laurila, Anni Leppälä, Jaana Maijala, Susanna Majuri, Riitta Päiväläinen, Nelli Palomäki, Marjukka Vainio, Ea Vasko, Niina Vatanen, Saana Wang, Pernilla Zetterman
Designed by: Margarethe 'Hausstätter, Claudia Stein
Language: English
ISBN 978-3-7757-3211-6
http://www.hatjecantz.de/the-helsinki-school-2991-1.html

The fourth volume of the books of the Helsinki School focuses on female artists, inquiring into the possibility of a special female point of view. Innovative concepts and techniques as well as a variety of forms distinguish the work of this generation of photographers – the spectrum ranges from Tiina Itkonen´s documentary style pictures of Greenland and Anni Leppälä´s theatrically staged interiors to the painterly nature studies by Sandra Kantanen.

Garten Eden
Der Garten in der Kunst seit 1900

Published by: Kunsthalle Emden, 2007
DuMont Buchverlag
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 303 Pages
Artists: Ilkka Halso, Sanna Kannisto
Language: German
Exhibition catalogue
ISBN 3-935414-23-4

The Helsinki School New Photography by TaiK

Published by: Hatje Cantz in 2007.
Format: 29,50 x 24,50 cm hardcover
Pages: 232 pages, 187 color illustrations
Edited: University of Art and Design, Helsinki (TaiK)
Texts: Andrea Holzherr, Timothy Persons
Artists: Joonas Ahlava, Joakim Eskildsen, Miklos Gaál, Veli Granö, Ilkka Halso, Nanna Hänninen, Maarit Hohteri, Tiina Itkonen, Ulla Jokisalo, Jan Kaila, Ari Kakkinen, Aino Kannisto, Sanna Kannisto, Sandra Kantanen, Pertti Kekarainen, Ola Kolehmainen, Milja Laurila, Janne Lehtinen, Ville Lenkkeri, Anni Leppälä, Noomi Ljungdell, Niko Luoma, Susanna Majuri, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Jyrki Parantainen, Jorma Puranen, Riitta Päiväläinen, Heli Rekula, Nanna Saarhelo, Pentti Sammallahti, Jari Silomäki, Mikko Sinervo, Marjukka Vainio, Ea Vasko, Pernilla Zetterman
Designed by: Margarethe Hausstätter, Claudia Stein
Language: English
ISBN 978-3-7757-1888-2
http://www.hatjecantz.de/the-helsinki-school-1825-1.html

Based on the success of volume one, the latest installment of The Helsinki School represents one of the most unique approaches to the state of conceptual photography today. Volume two is dedicated to sustaining the dialogue between one generation and another who have either taught, graduated, or attended the University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland. It will accompany an exhibition with venues all over the world. This unique, richly illustrated publication, based on a concept by Timothy Persons and Jorma Puranen also looks ahead to the emerging next generation.

Sanna Kannisto
Snake in Heliconia

Published by: WSOY in 2002
Format: 29,5 cm x 22,5 cm
Pages: 160 pages, 148 colour photographs
Texts by: Jan Kaila, Kalle Ruokolainen, Sanna Kannisto
Artist: Sanna Kannisto
 Graphic design by: Juha Nenonen & Sanna Kannisto
Printed by: Erweko Painotuote Oy
Languages: English, Finnish
ISBN 951-0-26565-9

Minä Sinä Me
Parcours Photographique Finlandais
Suomalaista Valokuvataidetta

Published by: Finnish Embassy Cultural Section and
Finnish Institute in Paris, 2002
Format: Softcover
Pages: 95 Pages
Text: Anne Durez, Emmanuel Hermange,
Andréa Holzherr, Marja-Terttu Kivirinta, Pirkko Siitari
Artists: Maarit Hohteri, Marjaana Kella, Heli Rekula,
Ilkka Halso, Aino Kannisto, Sanna Kannisto, Pekka Turunen
Language: Finnish / French
Exhibition catalogue
ISBN 2-9518850-0-8