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Ismo Hölttö

(Finland, Born 1940)
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1 500 - 1 800 EUR
16 800 - 20 100 SEK
1 520 - 1 830 USD
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Ismo Hölttö
(Finland, Born 1940)

ISMO HÖLTTÖ, "TWO FACE".

Sign. Also with stamp on verso. Printed 1966. Vintage. Gelatin silver print. Image size 39,3x28,9 cm.

Ej examinerat ur ram.

Provenance

Private collection.

Exhibitions

"La photographie finlandaise (1950-1980)", Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saône, France, 2008.

More information

Photographed 1966 Helsinki, Finland.
Collections: 2 copies, one in private collection, one at the Finnish Photography museum.

Designer

Ismo Hölttö (b. 1940) is considered one of the greatest Finnish photographers of all time. Hölttö shot the main body of his artistic work during ten years between 1961 and 1970 while working as a goldsmith. The combination of his natural talent, social skills and the special time in history when he photographed his portraits resulted in photography that is also exceptional from an international point of view.
In 1970 Hölttö received a government grant for artistic work, quit his job as a goldsmith and founded his own studio. Hölttö continued to work in commercial photography until the year 2000 when he went into retirement.
Today Hölttö focuses his creative energy on croquis drawing that he started with already in 1964 when he went in to study drawing at Ateneum in his home town Helsinki. A familiar theme still runs in his art: the drawing are powerful, skillfully executed portraits of Finnish people.

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