Arno Rafael Minkkinen

Featuring himself as the main actor on the vast stage of nature, Minkkinen’s photographs bend, twist, and immerse the body back into its primal settings. His masterful use of line, texture, and composition create isolated moments that reestablish a harmonious relationship between mankind and the ground, water, and flora that feed and nurture its corporality and spirit. In images such as Paper, Scissor, Rock, Minkkinen and the exact locations of the exposures remain anonymous, making possible a global expression of humanity’s eternal place in the organic order.

Minkkinen’s images have been exhibited worldwide. His exhibition SAGA: The Journey of Arno Rafael Minkkinen: Thirty-five Years of Photographs was toured through Europe, Canada, and the United States. He has won many international awards, including the First Class Order of the Lion of Finland Medal of Knighthood from the Finnish government in 1992. His work is included in over fifty permanent collections.

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