Cars, Cars, Cars

One sign of the forthcoming summer is that special summer cars, usually old classics, are appearing on the roads, cars that have spent the winter in the garages under the care of their devoted owners. All these photos are taken on 1 May 2023. Helsingin Seudun Automobiiliklubi HAK ry (the site is in Finnish) is...

Eiffel Tower in Photos

I missed Eiffel Tower's anniversary year of 2019 (she was opened on 31 March 1889) that would have been a perfect time to share my Eiffel Tower photos, so I decided to share them now, on the birthday anniversary of its creator, Gustave Eiffel. He was born on 15 December 1832. Of course I could...

A Trip to Ulkokalla in October 2006

On 11 October 2006 I visited Ulkokalla in a small group of people in order to make some photos there. Ulkokalla lighthouse turned 150 years old on 28 September this year, but its birthday is celebrated also today (29 October) as the Finnish Lighthouse Society releases today a massive book about Bay of Bothnia and...

Durham Miners’ Gala in 2003 and 2004 in Photos

The Durham Miners' Gala, The Big Meeting, is taking place after two COVID years in 2022, on the second Saturday of July as always. I attended the gala twice, in 2003 and 2004. I was planning to publish the photos last year if the gala was held, but because of the pandemic, the 150th anniversary...

Tamar Bridge Was Officially Opened and Reopened on 26 April

The Tamar Bridge is officially 60 years old now. The official opening took place on 26 April 1962, but the bridge had been opened for the public already half a year earlier. I show here the photos that I took on 29 May, 2016. I travelled to Plymouth in the end of May 2016 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...

Porvoo During the Festive Season in Black and White Photographs

I collected here my black and white photographs that I have taken during a period of a couple of decades to capture my hometown when it's decorated for Christmas. I haven' had a thought of documenting the town in its Christmas "dress"; I have just captured these town scenes when being there as I have...

110 Years Old Elbe Tunnel in Photos

One of my favourite places in Hamburg has been the Old Elbe Tunnel, officially St. Pauli Elbtunnel. It opened on 7 September 1911. I have visited the tunnel three times, in 1 May 1999, 11 April 2006 and 18 May 2010 and took some photos there. Now it's time to show my pictures. The parts...

Boys Swimming in the Porvoonjoki River in a Painting (1886) and Photographs (1996)

Albert Edelfelt painted in 1886 an oil painting of boys swimming in the Porvoonjoki River, the river that flows through my hometown. I photographed swimming kids much later, in 1996. Albert Edelfelt was born in Porvoo in 1854 and he died in Porvoo in 1905. He is one of the most famous Finnish painters. Even...