Doll and Toy Museum in Porvoo/Porvoon nukke- ja lelumuseo

I don't remember when I visited a local pearl, Doll and toy museum of Porvoo, first time. But I still remember Evi Söderlund, museum's founder, behind the cashier's desk. It's a place, that you can visit dozens of times and still you find something new every time. It's a place that I always show to...

Mik Critchlow’s exhibition Coal Town at Woodhorn Museum, Ashington, until 24 April 2022

Coal Town is the name of the photographic exhibition by Mik Critchlow that is on display until 24 April at Woodhorn Museum in Ashington, England. Because of certain circumstances I haven’t seen the exhibition, but I have the book by the same name. Unfortunately, the book is sold out, but if you live in England...

Standedge Canal Tunnel – opened in 1811

The construction of the Standedge Canal Tunnel was completed in the end of March 1811, and the opening ceremony was held on 4 April. Nowadays it’s a tourist destination and you can experience a trip through the five km long tunnel, or alternatively, a shorter trip that I did during my visit in September 2017....

Tatsuo Hata, SUGIZO and the Serenity of a Forest

A book called Traces of Yakushima by photographer Tatsuo Hata (秦達夫) and an album called 愛と調和 by musician SUGIZO are two works of art that I want to write about this time. These two separate artistic products are connected together and it all ended up in a photographic exhibition called Harmony by Tatsuo Hata. The link...

Finland at the Exposition Universelle of 1900

Today, the 12th of November in 1900, was the last day when l'Exposition universelle de 1900, or as the event was known in English, 1900 Paris Exposition, was open. It had been opened since mid April. I will concentrate here only on the Finnish Pavilion. This was not the first time when Finland participated in...

Cambridge Museum of Technology – My Visit in Photos

I visited the Cambridge Museum of Technology on 30 October 2019 after a month of re-opening the museum. So my timing was perfect. I spent there for four hours seeing most of the site and photographing and studying the history of the Old Sewage Pumping Station and the industrial history of Cambridge. This post is...

Jim Naughten: Human Anatomy (Prestel 2017, out of print)

Photographer Jim Naughten's book Human Anatomy is out of print, but you can still find it in some book stores or in a second hand book shops. It is also very easily available online. And because I love it, I want to write a little bit about it. I bought my copy at Waterstones Piccadilly, which...

A Photo Story About the S/S Great Britain – a Ship That Returned Home 50 Years Ago

The 19th of July is a special date for the S/S Great Britain. She was launched on that date in 1843 and on that date in 1970 she returned to the dock where she was built, Great Western Dockyard in Bristol. The S/S Great Britain is a museum ship and I have visited there three...

Me and Charles Dickens

The world famous novelist, investigative journalist and one of the greatest charitable fundraiser and campaigner for social reforms in Great Britain, Charles Dickens, died of stroke 150 years ago, on 9 June 1870. Somehow I was feeling I cannot ignore the anniversary, even though my relationship with Mr. Dickens is very thin. Well, almost negligible....