Pentti Sammallahti

Druridge Bay, England [lonely horse]
1998
gelatin silver print

Pentti Sammallahti

Pentti Sammallahti was born in 1950 in Helsinki, Finland. He began taking photographs at 11 and by 1971 he began to exhibit extensively in Finland and throughout the world.

Sammallahti describes himself as a nomad who enjoys the nature of the great north, the darkness, the cold, and the sea. Sammallahti is a master craftsman, carefully toning his prints, to create a poetic atmosphere of desolate silence. Sammallahti was honored to be included among the 100 favorite photographs in the personal collection of Henri Cartier-Bresson, which was the inaugural exhibition for the Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson in 2003. Since 1979, Pentti Sammallahti has published thirteen books and portfolios and has received awards such as the Samuli Paulaharju Prize of the Finnish Literature Society, State Prizes for Photography, Uusimaa Province Art Prize, Daniel Nyblin Prize, and the Finnish Critics Association Annual.

Press

AVAILABLE BOOK: Photographs by Pentti Sammallahti [out of print, published by Nazraeli] $250.00