The exhibition The Helsinki School—Out of the Depths of Photography continues in its longstanding tradition of pushing the boundaries of how we perceive and interpret the photographic image. This presentation features a range of explorations into how different materials—such as fabrics, layered collages, and folded film negatives transformed into sculptures—can be utilized to form a new visual language within the photographic process today. It represents a collective effort to redefine the material qualities of the photograph, attempting to recover its magic as a physical object. This is the first fully dimensional overview from any previous Helsinki School presentations to conceptually challenge these existing parameters.

Fascinated by the photograph's ability to use time to visualize surrounding phenomena, Jussi Nahkuri compresses, combines, and finally assembles on aluminum profiles collected photographic material. In his work he gives existential and abstract concepts a tangible form. Their three-dimensional quality allows the viewer to perceive the photographic content differently with each encounter. As angles and lighting shift, diverse aspects are revealed, emphasizing the notion that landscape can be approached from multiple perspectives, both literal and figurative. In Some Nice Thoughts, the camera follows the artist’s gaze, recording his observations in 10-millisecond intervals as he interacts with his surroundings, walking under the branches, leaning against the trunk, and watching the