Arno Rafael Minkkinen, artist

Lecture: "Art is risk made visible"
Friday, June 25th, 7 p.m. (for location see local press)

In forty minutes Arno Minkkinen will try to cover forty years of self-portraits that place the human figure in a framework of natural forces and habitats: between sea and sky, between trees and forests, but also amidst interiors and exteriors, among women, and alongside a growing son. Never manipulated, the photographs reveal both the surreal as well whimsical nature of human experience.

The lecture will be held in English.

Workshop: “Art is risk made visible” - Body / Nature
Saturday and Sunday, June 26th and 27th, 10 a.m. & 6 p.m. at the FFF Office, Weißfrauenstr. 1, 60311 Frankfurt

For over 35 years the Finnish-American photographer Arno Minkkinen has primarily used his body in combination with the photographic medium to express surrealistic visions of man and nature.
Establishing a direction in contemporary photography means more than having a good eye for the medium. It means selecting from hundreds of images those that best express your intentions as you build a body of work that not only enlightens others but also brings enlightenment and inspiration to you. In this workshop, we will seek to grow and expand your photographic talents not only as an imagemaker but also as an artist with a contemporary vision of the world.

Arno Rafael Minkkinen (*1945) received his Master of Fine Art (MFA) in Photography from Rhode Island School of Design. He has taught throughout the world since the mid 1970's and also worked as a curator and essayist. His signature unmanipulated self-portraits in the landscape have reached international audiences through numerous books, journals, lectures and exhibitions. Some of his monographs include: Frostbite (Morgan & Morgan, 1978); Waterline (Marval, Aperture, and Otava, 1994), Grand Prix du Livre at the 25th Rencontres d'Arles; Body Land (Motta, Nathan, and the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997&1999); SAGA (Chronicle Books, 2005) and Homework: The Finnish Photographs, 1973 to 2008 (Like Publishing, Ltd., 2008). He received the Special Jury Prize at the 2nd Lianzhou International Photography Festival in China. Currently he is Professor of Art at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and teaches at Aalto University in Helsinki. In 2006 Minkkinen was awarded the Finnish National Art Prize in Photography.

The workshop will be held in English.