• Aapo Huhta Omatandangole

Aapo Huhta Omatandangole

Aapo Huhta’s pictures from the Namibian desert consider what might be left when all we think we know about ourselves, about human society, has been stripped away. The place itself, a vast emptiness that threatens to engulf everything it touches, is both the catalyst for this loss and its final manifestation. There is a long tradition in art of using places to reflect on human experiences, and Huhta’s pictures certainly belong to this tradition, not least because they are images of feeling that eschew simple description or documentation. He depends on an imaginatively loaded series of encounters to bring out the symbolic or metaphorical aspects of this real place, so that it becomes, effectively, a stage-set to enact a drama that is at once personal and global. Similarly, the title  Omatandangole is a local word that indicates a mirage phenomenon, something that seems real, but is ultimately just an illusion, created by the unique conditions of the desert environment. It tells us that we have arrived at a place where ‘normal’ experiences of body and mind no longer apply.

»Even though our surroundings are chaotic and broken it is possible to create photographs that show them as complete and pristine, so unlike what they are in reality. And yet – in that brief moment that is captured by the camera, wasn’t that sense of completeness true for a fleeting moment? An elusive bliss that can dissolve as fast as it emerged.« – Aapo Huhta

Photographs for the series were shot in Namibia between 2016 and 2018.

The photo series was shortlisted for the Unseen Dummy Award 2018 and received the Artproof Grant 2019.

Hardcover 24,5 x 27,2 cm 88 pages 37 b/w and 5 color illustrations English Available ISBN 978-3-86828-953-4 2019

Artist:

Aapo Huhta

Texts:

Darren Campion

Design:

Heikki Kaski and Aapo Huhta

Preview

Exhibitions

Block
Northern Photographic Centre Oulu, Finland
10.8.– 15.9.2019

Book Signings

Kehrer Verlag@Paris Photo
9 November 2019, 4pm

Signed Editions

Cover Aapo Huhta Omatandangole
€48.00
incl. VAT

Aapo Huhta SIGNED COPY: Omatandangole

Order directly from the publisher:

This field is required!
This field is required!
This field is required!
This field is required!
This field is required!
This field is required!
This field is required!

* Please fill in these fields. They are required to process your request.

Contact form

This field is required!
This field is required!
This field is required!
This field is required!
This field is required!

* Please fill in these fields. They are required to process your request.

Subscribe to Kehrer newsletter:

This field is required!
This field is required!

* Please fill in these fields. They are required to process your request.

Advanced Search

Simple Search