Arno Rafael Minkkinen
Arno Rafael Minkkinen (b. Helsinki, 1945[1]) is a Finnish photographer who works in the United States.
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[edit] Career
Minkkinen is known for his black and white abstract pieces which juxtapose bodies and landscapes in surprising ways: he "directs scenes in which his body — or a portion of it — appears as an integral part of the landscape — such as an outcropping or rock formation".[2]
Minkkinen was born in Helsinki, Finland in 1945.[3] After his family moved to the United States, Minkkinen graduated from Wagner College in 1967 with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, and from Rhode Island School of Design where he studied with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind[1] with a Master of Fine Arts in Photography. After teaching for a few years at M.I.T. Minkkinen is now a Full Professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the Art Department,[4] where he, together with Timo Laaksonen, founded the cultural exchange, Spirit Level Workshops in 1996. Together with Laaksonen and Mark Eshbaugh, Spirit Level II (2003) and III (2007) resulted in the publication of a book commemorating the experiences to date.[5] Minkkinen's work is included in over 75 major museum/institutional collections[6] including the Helsinki Museum of Photography.[7], the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[8],Museum of Modern Art, Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, the George Pompidou Center in Paris, the National Gallery of Canada and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Japan.[9]
Minkkinen was conferred the First Class Order of the Lion Medal of knighthood by the Finnish government in 1992, and awarded the Finnish State Art Prize in Photography in 2006.[10]
[edit] Notable photographs
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- Self-portrait, Beach Pond, CT, 1974[11]
- Self-portrait, Narragansett, RI, 1973[11]
- Self-portrait, Helsinki, Finland, 1977[11]
- Self-portrait, Kalavesi, Kuopio, Finland, 1991[11]
- Self-portrait, With Maija-Kaarina, Sysma, Finland, 1992[11]
[edit] Exhibitions
Minkkinen's solo exhibitions have included:
- "Saga: The Journey of Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Thirty-Five Years of Photographs". DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park (Lincoln, Mass.); Bucharest Museum of Contemporary Art; Lianzhou International Photography Festival; Salo Art Museum (Finland). 2005–2008.[4]
- "ARNO RAFAEL MINKKINEN:SELF PORTRAITS FROM FOUR DECADES". BARRY FRIEDMAN LTD, November 15 - December 22, 2007 [12]
[edit] Books
Minkkinen has published several books including:
- Frostbite. Dobbs Ferry, NY, Morgan &Morgan, 1978. ISBN 0-87100-143-8.
- Waterline. New York, NY, 1993. ISBN 0-89381-648-5.
- Body Land. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institutional Press, Washington DC, 1999. ISBN 1-56098-880-0.
- Saga: The Journey of Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Thirty-five Years of Photographs. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2005 ISBN 0-8118-5146-X.
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- (essay by A. D. Coleman)
- Home Work. Helsinki: LIKE, 2008. ISBN 978-9520101084.
He is co-editor and has images in:
- Timo Laaksonen and Arno Rafael Minkkinen. In Spirit of the Masters. Keravan Taidomuseo 2000. ISBN 952-9642-23-7.
[edit] References
- ^ a b The Photo Book (London: Phaidon, 1997; ISBN 0-7148-3634-6), p.317.
- ^ Naomi Rosenblum, The World History of Photography 3rd ed. (New York: Abbeville, 1997; ISBN 0-7892-0028-7), p.565.
- ^ Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Frostbite (New York: Morgan & Morgan, 1978; ISBN 0-87100-143-8).
- ^ a b Caleb Daniloff, "Arno Minkkinen: Naked, Cold, and On Camera", BU Today, February 28, 2008.
- ^ Spirit Level (Westford, MA: RMR Press, 2008; ISBN 978-0-6151-8229-2).
- ^ Arts and Ideas, Spring 2012 ed., Umass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas, p. 12
- ^ http://www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi/en
- ^ http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?coll_keywords=minkkinen&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
- ^ Arts and Ideas, Spring 2012 ed., Umass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas, p. 12
- ^ Arts and Ideas, Spring 2012 ed., Umass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas, p. 12
- ^ a b c d e Appears in Saga: The Journey of Arno Rafael Minkkinen.
- ^ http://www.barryfriedmanltd.com/artists/minkkinen_press.html?n=Arno%20Rafael%20Minkkinen&t=press
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