https://www.jaakkokahilaniemi.com/
Jaakko Kahilaniemi born in Finland, he received his BA in Photography from Turku Arts Academy Finland in 2014 and his MA in photography from Aalto University of Art, Design and Architecture in Helsinki Finland in 2018. He won the prestigious ING Unseen Talent Award Jury Prize in 2018 and Majaoja / Backlight Prize in 2017. He was selected as one of the Lens Culture Emerging Talents in 2017. As a freelance photographer Jaakko is specialized in portraiture, commercial and editorial photoshoots,
His project at the Guesney Photography film festival ‘ 100 Hectares Of Understanding’. The [roject is based off the 100 hectares of land that he inherated when he was only 8. The project ‘100 Hectares of Understanding’ is his attempt to understand the world around him and how man affects the surrounding world. He is willing to challenge himself to find new ways of increasing his knowledge and visual perspectives
He took inspiration from Fluxus and the traditions of Arte Povera, he seek to encounter the forest with a playful and open approach. 100 Hectares of Understanding consists of the objects that he has found, the acts that he’s photographed, the sculptures he’s made and visual secrets that he has created.
