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Pentti Sammallahti
Featured artist, 20 November - 31 December 2021

Pentti Sammallahti: Featured artist

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  • Pentti Sammallahti (b. 1950, Finland) is a benchmark figure in contemporary Finnish photography. He began photographing at the age of...

    Pentti Sammallahti (b. 1950, Finland) is a benchmark figure in contemporary Finnish photography. He began photographing at the age of 11 and by 1971 began to travel and exhibit extensively throughout the world. Sammallahti's travels across Europe, Scandinavia, Siberia, the far East and Africa. Sammallahti's photographs have a supernatural sense of a moment suspended in time, with the sensitivity and beauty of the world displayed through its animalistic existence. As a wanderer and master craftsman Sammallahti records the relationships he discovers between people and animals in the far-off places he visits. As a passionate seeker of the perfect mechanical printing method, his own innovative printing techniques lead to photographic prints that are as beautiful as objects as the images themselves.

     

     

    “I believe and know there is a lot which connect everything on Earth and of course in this unity has nothing to do with money, status etc. But I'm not a devout Christian or a believer in general. When I photograph or print I hope there is sometimes something to do with that unity”

    • Pentti Sammallahti Delhi, India, 1999 Series: Highlights
      Pentti Sammallahti
      Delhi, India, 1999
      Series: Highlights
    • Pentti Sammallahti Lake Numakawa, Japan, 2005 Series: Highlights
      Pentti Sammallahti
      Lake Numakawa, Japan, 2005
      Series: Highlights
    • Pentti Sammallahti Helsinki, Finland, 2002 Series: Highlights
      Pentti Sammallahti
      Helsinki, Finland, 2002
      Series: Highlights
    • Pentti Sammallahti Katonah, New York, USA, 2000 Series: Highlights
      Pentti Sammallahti
      Katonah, New York, USA, 2000
      Series: Highlights
    • Pentti Sammallahti Kitakata-Shi, Japan, 2005 Series: Highlights
      Pentti Sammallahti
      Kitakata-Shi, Japan, 2005
      Series: Highlights
    • Pentti Sammallahti Solovki, White Sea, Russia, 1992 Series: Highlights
      Pentti Sammallahti
      Solovki, White Sea, Russia, 1992
      Series: Highlights
  • 'I wait for photographs like a pointer dog. It is a question of luck and circumstance. I prefer winter, the...
    "I wait for photographs like a pointer dog. It is a question of luck and circumstance. I prefer winter, the worse the weather, the better the photograph will be." 
    • Pentti Sammallahti Helsinki, Finland, 1983 Series: Highlights
      Pentti Sammallahti
      Helsinki, Finland, 1983
      Series: Highlights
    • Pentti Sammallahti Ristisaari, Finland, 1974 Series: Highlights
      Pentti Sammallahti
      Ristisaari, Finland, 1974
      Series: Highlights
    • Pentti Sammallahti Pyhajarvi, Finland, 1982 Series: Highlights
      Pentti Sammallahti
      Pyhajarvi, Finland, 1982
      Series: Highlights
    • Pentti Sammallahti Helsinki, Finland, 1973 Series: Other Images
      Pentti Sammallahti
      Helsinki, Finland, 1973
      Series: Other Images
    • Pentti Sammallahti Helsinki, Finland, 2016 Series: Other Images
      Pentti Sammallahti
      Helsinki, Finland, 2016
      Series: Other Images
    • Pentti Sammallahti Helsinki, Finland, 2007 Series: Other Images
      Pentti Sammallahti
      Helsinki, Finland, 2007
      Series: Other Images
    • Pentti Sammallahti Helsinki, Finland, 1976 Series: Highlights
      Pentti Sammallahti
      Helsinki, Finland, 1976
      Series: Highlights
    • Pentti Sammallahti Przevorsk, Puola, Poland, 2005 Series: Highlights
      Pentti Sammallahti
      Przevorsk, Puola, Poland, 2005
      Series: Highlights
    • Pentti Sammallahti Signilskar, Finland, 1974 Series: Highlights
      Pentti Sammallahti
      Signilskar, Finland, 1974
      Series: Highlights
    • Pentti Sammallahti Kirkkonummi, Finland, 2016 Series: Other Images
      Pentti Sammallahti
      Kirkkonummi, Finland, 2016
      Series: Other Images
    • Pentti Sammallahti Solovki, White Sea, Russia, 1992 Series: Highlights
      Pentti Sammallahti
      Solovki, White Sea, Russia, 1992
      Series: Highlights
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    Signed silver gelatin prints are priced according to paper size:

    15 x 20 / 10 x 25cm           £530 + vat
    20 x 25cm                            £715 + vat
    24 x 30 / 20 x 30cm         £885 + vat
    25 x 40cm                         £1,255 + vat


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    Please enquire for further information: printsales@tpg.org.uk , we look forward to hearing from you.

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