Jarred & Displaced

In this project, photography is not really something with which I examine the world around me. It is the instrument I use to examine the world inside. By exposing my film multiple times I am able to surreally fill jars with natural environments. I get to play with the childish idea of conserving my surroundings as they are today. Including some environments from my childhood in the South of Finland, that I am trying to release my longing for. The executing of the concept is done by using a double exposure technique inspired from the film epoch. This to help preserve the beauty in analog alteration, as I am conserving my precious landscapes.

Born in 1986 in a small town of Ekenäs, near Helsinki, the artist has always been drawn towards art, since his early age. He studied Graphic design and Visual Art in the city of Porvoo. The turning point of his artistic direction was during his service in the Finnish Marines in 2008, when he became fascinated with the art of photography. Relander is a self-taught photographer and especially known for his multiple exposures, an in-camera technique that he has used in most of his projects since 2010.