펜티 사말라티 Pentti Sammallahti
펜티 사말라티는 전통 흑백사진과 은염 인화의 장인으로 잘 알려진 작가다. 그의 작품은 21세기 사진 출판업계에 큰 영향을 끼쳤으며, 현재 스칸디나비아 출신 사진가들에게서 가장 존경받는 인물이다. 그의 작품 속에는 인간보다는 동물이 주인공으로 등장하며 이를 통해 비추어지는 세상의 아름다움과 따뜻한 감수성은 초자연적인 느낌을 자아낸다. 사진에 등장하는 동물들은 마치 사람처럼, 그의 사진 속으로 ‘떠돌듯이’ 걸어 들어왔다가 또 자연스레 사라진다는 점에서 흥미롭다. 그는 시각적 효과만으로 동물끼리 혹은 동물과 사람 사이에 이루어지는 무음의 소통을 상상하게 만든다. 그의 작업에는 물질적인 욕망보다 자연과 하나된 인간으로 행복을 느끼며 평생을 살아온 작가의 성품이 그대로 묻어난다.
1971년 첫 개인전을 연 이후 사말라티의 명성과 무대를 세계로 퍼지기 시작하여 1975년, 1979년, 1992년, 2009년 네 차례에 걸쳐 핀란드 국립사진상을 수상했다. 이로써 핀란드 현대사진예술을 대표하는 작가로 등극하였으며 핀란드를 넘어 미국과 유럽 등 세계적으로 사진 예술 전반에 큰 영향을 끼치며 활발히 활동하고 있다.
Whether taken in Turkey, India, or Italy, the photographs of Pentti Sammallahti are imbued with the cool northern darkness of his native Finland. The artist started taking photographs at age 11, inspired by his grandmother Hildur Larsson, a Swedish-born newspaper photographer. His black-and-white images have a supernatural stillness, showing nature eroded by civilization, but without setting the players against one another and without judgment. As such, animals frequently appear in his work, especially dogs. His documentary approach has influenced a generation of photographers, and earned him the respect of Henri Cartier-Bresson, who selected Sammallahti as one of his 100 favorite photographers.
Following his first solo exhibition in 1971, Sammallahti has won Finland's State Prize for Photographic Art in 1975, 1979, 1992 and 2009 as his reputation spread throughout the world. Sammallahti became a representative artist of Finland’s contemporary photography and his works have widely influenced the world of photographic art.
B.1950, Finland
Education
1970
University of Helsinki to study art history, musicology and mathematics
Awards
2009
State Prize for Photographic Art
2001
Honorary Doctorate in Art, the Helsinki University of Art and Design
1995
The Samuli Paulaharju Prise of the Finnish Literature Society
1992
State Prize for Photographic Art
1991
Finnish State’s 15-year artist’s grant
1989
Uusimaa Province Art Prize
1986
Daniel Nyblin Prize
1980
Finnish Critics Association Annual Prize
1979
State Prize for Photographic Art
1975
State Prize for Photographic Art
Public Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki Art Museum HAM, Helsinki, Finland
Finnish Photographic Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia
The Museum of Modern Art MoMA, New York, USA
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Amos Anderson Art Musuem (Helsinki/Finland)
Wäinö Aaltonen Museum (Turku/Finland)
Rovaniemi Art Museum / Wihuri Foundation (Finland)
Kuopio Art Museum / Saastamoinen Foundation (Finland)
Finnish Museum of Photography (Helsinki/Finland)
Lahti Art Museum (Finland)
Pori Art Museum (Finland)
Kerava Art Museum (Finland)
Fotograficentrum (Örebro / Sweden)
City of Visby (Sweden)
City of Örebro (Örebro / Sweden)
Brandts Klaedefabrik / Museet for Fotokunst (Odense/Denmark)
Nice Audiovisuel (Nice/France)
Ffotogallery (Cardiff/Wales)
Miskolci Galeria (Miskolc/Hungary)
The Parliament of Finland
The Finnish State Collection
City of Helsinki (Finland)
City of Espoo (Finland)
Vantaa (Finland)
SoloExhibitions
2020
Photographers' Gallery , UK
Fotografiska Museum, SE
Gallery K.O.N.G., Seoul, South Korea
2019
Maison Robert Doisneau,FR
Galerie Camera Obscura,FR
Nailya Alexander Gallery,US
2018
Atelier l'Oeil Vert,FR
2017
Wouter van Leeuwen,NL
Stimultania,FR
2016
Gallery K.O.N.G., Seoul, South Korea
2015
Nature Photo, Kuusamo, Finland
Orton Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Maupetit, Marseille, France
2014
Peter Fetterman Gallery, LA, USA
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, USA
Photography Oxford Festival, UK
Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2013
Photographers' Gallery, London, UK
The House of Photography, Athens, Greece
F.O.K.U.S., Innsbruck, Austria
Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York, USA
Palazzo Borghese, Galerie Cembalo, Rome, Italy
2012
photo-eye gallery, Santa Fe, USA
Les Rencontres d'Arles, France
GUNgallery, Stockholm Sweden
Museo Pablo Garballo, Zaragoza Spain
Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France
2011
Museo Arte Contemporaneo (MACUF), La Coruna Spain
Centro Andaluz de la Fotografia, Almeria Spain
Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki Finland
Peter Fetterman Gallery, LA, USA
Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York, USA
Side Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
2010
Retrospective at the Finnish Museum of Photography(Helsinki)
Images rares ou recentes, Box Galerie (Brussels/Belgium)
2009
Twentieth pictorial work Huoneita·Chambres·Rooms (Opus 52) with the poet Caj Westerberg.
“Lumi”, GunGallery (Stockholm/Sweden) “Selected Photographs”, Nailya Alexander Gallery (New York)
2007
“Le bord du Monde”, Box Galerie (Brussels/Belgium) “Fotografie", Galerie Albrecht (Munich/Germany)
2006
Pro Finlandia medal. Staden - Kaupunki (Opus 45), made together with the writer Bo Carpelan, is chosen as most beautiful book of the year.
“Northern Light - Helsinki", Nailya Alexander Gallery (New York)
2004
Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation's opening exhibition in Paris, for which Cartier-Bresson chooses 100 of his favourite photographers.
2003
Henri Cartier-Bresson’s Choice, Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson (Paris)
Pentti Sammallahti, Photo Gallery International (Tokyo)
2002
Pentti Sammallahti, Galerie Camera Obscura (Paris)
2000
Photo-Eye Gallery (Santa Fe/USA)
1995
photographie et livres, Brandts Klaedefabrik/Museet for fotokunst (Odense/ Denmark)
A journey through Wales, Ffotogallery (Cardiff/UK)
1996
Solo exhibition at Paris' Mois de la Photographie, leading to regular exhibitions at international photography events in Europe, Asia, America and Africa.
1992
Pentti Sammallahti, Pieksämäki Cultural Centre Retrospective, Poleeni (Pieksämäki/Finland)
1977
First solo exhibition abroad at the Gotland artists' house in Visby.
Galerie FGK (Visby/Sweden)
1976
Uusia sarjoja exhibition at the Finnish Museum of Photography.
1974
Mullasta taivaalle exhibition at the Finnish Museum of Photography. Begins part-time teaching of photography at Lahti Art School (until 1976)
and the University of Art and Design (until 1991).
1971
First solo exhibition Kaupunki on painajainen. Invited to join the Imago 6 group, founded as a critical discussion group in response to what it sees as the ossified Helsinki Camera Club.