Pentti Sammallahti, Miniatures

par Philippe  -  9 Octobre 2020, 09:32

Pentti Sammallahti, Miniatures

Exhibition at the Picture Museum of Nice from September 18 2020 to January 24 2021, daily open (10am - 6pm) except Mondays, Gautier square 1, 06364 Nice Cedex 4, phone : 04.97.13.42.20, ticket full price : 10€.

 

Known as "the Bruegel of argentic art" the photographer Pentti Sammallahti from Finland walks through wild lands looking for lights and skylines. This master of panoramic framing interests himself earlier to pictures making. At nine years old he realizes his first photography and integrates the famous Helsinki Camera Club before following artistic studies at the university. The "Miniatures" exhibition finds it's roots in a latin word meaning painting on small size like the monks did in the Middle - Age. Copying the monks exemple the photographer Pentti Sammallahti stay patient painting with slow gestures dealing with a stories where every details and every colors own a cluedo.

Pentti Sammallahti ''Seoul, Korea'' (2016)

Pentti Sammallahti ''Seoul, Korea'' (2016)

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