Far from Here – Jalo Porkkala

The images in my exhibition come from distant places, from various corners of the world…

Or, actually, they were photographed right here in the local area and named after place names I found on maps. As the creator of these images, I had the power to decide what everything looks like…

Digital technology has provided new tools for creating photographs; now I can restore the magical atmosphere that I felt when pressing the camera’s shutter, which often disappeared somewhere in the photo development process. If I wish, I can “photograph” nothing but my imagination…

In the end, in our memories, we continuously rebuild our world, far from here…

The prints in this exhibition have been made using pigment inkjet printing technology.

This text was created with AI assistance