YOU CAN'T MAKE A GREAT MUSICIAN OR A GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER IF THE MAGIC ISN'T THERE

Eve Arnold

I have never thought myself as a great black and white photographer. Quite opposite, color has been my stronger field. I don’t actually ”look for colors” when shooting, but colors are somewhere in there all the time, some kind of intuitional thing. 

Despite of that, when I started to think about offering a small collection of prints I right away turned towards black an white. Even for my own surprise, maybe. 

The result is set of nine images shot during autumn 2014 exept one which dates back to 1999. No strong theme, but all are landscapes – most actually cityscapes shot in Helsinki. Couple of them are pure nature shots, one is about pure brutalistic construction of urban environment. Most have a combination of nature and human intervention. So I guess that might be the loose theme of this set. How we build our environment successing or failing in fitting our doings with all that has been there before us. Trees and rocks, rivers and moss.

Nine Views is available as a range of prints until 12 May 2019.