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Sammallahti, Pentti
(b. 1950)Solovki, White Sea, Russia

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 29.11.2025

Solovki, White Sea, Russia. 1992. Pigment print on heavy vellum paper. 37,5 x 89,5 cm (43 x 101 cm). Signed, dated and annotated as artist proof by the photographer in pencil below the image in the margin.

Pentti Sammallahti, a renowned Finnish photographer, joined the Helsinki Camera Club in 1964 while still a student. Though he later studied art history, musicology, and mathematics at the University of Helsinki, he did not complete his degree. From the mid-1970s onward, he taught photography and printing techniques in Lahti and at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki. An avid traveler, Sammallahti documented landscapes and daily life across Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and beyond - often using a custom panoramic camera. His images shift between intimate everyday scenes and quietly expansive, poetic vistas. In 2004, Henri Cartier-Bresson selected him as one of his 100 favorite photographers for the inaugural exhibition of the Fondation HCB in Paris. – Slightly buckled, otherwise a beautiful tonal print in excellent condition.