A photo book Giveaway
Global Yodel contributor, Wilma Hurskainen, from Helsinki Finland, was kind enough to send in a couple copies of her photo book, Heiress. – Thanks Wilma! – Wilma Studied photography at Lahti Institute of Design and Aalto University in Helsinki. She works both as a freelance photographer for commissioned assignments and as an independent artist. I love her work and think she is creating some very unique stuff.
There is an essay by Ann-Christin Bertrand in the book. And here is what has been said about this book. “Like poems, Wilma Hurskainen’s photographs perceptively link poetry with humour and open up spaces of associations to own experiences of the spectator. In her No Name series, Hurskainen, who has strong connections with the Helsinki School, explores the themes of childhood and memory. Childhood and adulthood are present, like layers, in the same photograph. By loosely attaching texts to the images, Hurskainen recreates memories (including those that are false and invented) and continues their visual representation. Her main objective is to find out and question how a text and a photograph mediate a story.”
Alright who wants copy of this awesome book? To win just leave a comment below this post for Wilma. Check out her site and let us know what you like about her work. Personally, I am in love with her ‘chameleon’ photos, where the subjects clothing and the landscape blend into one. If you head over to our Twitter feed, follow us, and tweet about this giveaway, I will count that as two additional entries. Just be sure to tag @globalyodel so I know. I will choose two winners on Friday, November 16th.
The chameleon photos are great. The amount of prep, pre work, proof shots and general thought that must have gone into these is incredible. Really very nice. The giant cat head is… out there ^.^
Loved the chameleon photos. I’ve seen more extravagent versions of chameleon photos, but these are much more stunning in their simplicity.
I love her GROWTH photos! They remind me on my childhood and her way to catch a special moment is wonderfull!
Give me that CHAMELEON book Onegaishimasuuuuu! (BOW)
Hi Wilma,
I am in love with your photography! It is wondrously creative and refreshing. I am an aspiring art student and have found so much inspiration in your work. I hope to receive a copy of the book, it would sure be put to great use!
Warmly,
Alison
I especially love the Woman Who Married A Horse! What beautiful landscapes and still surprising set-ups… And, of course, I looked through all of the sisters’ portraits
Lovely!
Again thank you GY for exposing us all to such wonderful imagery! In Wilma’s work I see Arno Rafael Minkkinen’s commitment to the extreme struggle and effort in capturing the self portrait. And what a gift to be able to photograph the continuity between past and present in the Growth series. A commitment that exudes patience in documenting the sameness and difference in the days between captures!
THESE ARE DOPE! I WANT ONE!
I have been wanting this book since it was first announced. Such wonderful work!
LOVE IT
Lovely, thank you for sharing.
I love imaginative photography where the story or narrative is not always obvious, inviting you to look deeper.
Art that truly defies definition. And art that doesn’t merely reproduce but honors the soul.
Inspired.
wilma’s work particularly moves me as a woman photographer who is always trying to hold on to memory, poetry and words. i am always searching for ways to implant my memory and explore the relationship between words and images in my own project calling HERE’S TO LONGING. wilma’s work helps to inspire my work as a photographer, and challenge what i know to be true in our mind’s memory and our collective heart. i would die to have this book.
Delicate and witty. Can one ask for more?
Love,
Laura
I love the series “About girls”.
It’s so genuine.
light & lightness: such an inspiration!
Her Growth project is amazing!
wow! I love the way she turns into textures, layers, colors and lookings all those feelings and memories we can touch and breathe… And how she accompanies the images with texts wich transforms them for ever. amazing
I would thank her for sharing herself so much and let us grow a little bit more.
I did like most the growth-pictures on the website. I have 4 children, and in front of my inner eye their growth re-appeared.
Wonderful creativity. Your vision is great and inspires everyone who seems them to challenge their personal view of the world.
I like the natural-analog style of the images, that let the great ideas truly stand out. They never look over-styled or polished too much. I am also a huge fan of the idea of blending people with the landscape. It let’s me think about if we are still part of nature.
the chameleon photos are fantastic the set up and execution are exceptional. the growth series is fun series. its nest to see how much we have changed over the years.
At the office, I had a page of CHAMELEON open and SIX people in the agency stopped to remark how wonderful it was. I love the attention to detail in GROWTH. All around fantastic work.
I’m literally crying over The Woman who married a Horse series.
oh my god. It feels so good to wake up to this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The quality of her pictures pushes us to an imaginary field of perception. Her photos evoke the idea of the imaginary, yet conjour ideas and thoughts that have completely slipped through the conscious. As a native Finn myself coming, I see the influence of her home land in her work. The stark simplicity and soft loneliness of many of the photos create feelings of the quiet of the homeland and the appreciation for nature and surroundings. Her work is a beautiful line along the border of the known and the imagined. Thank you for sharing this with us.
this is lovely. i want.
I’ll take this, looks great!
These chameleon pictures are really cool
I would love to see more of this book!
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Jeffery Saddoris & Layli Samimi. You are the winners of the Heiress photo books! Email me your snail mail addresses and I will get these right out to you. Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway and to Wilma for creating such a beautiful book! We have another very exciting giveaway lined up for Monday! Be sure to check it out.