Pupils from Jätkäsaaren peruskoulu were pondering these and other questions in workshops organized by the Finnish Museum of Photography in the spring of 2022. During the workshop, the students took photos based on the following words: flowers, summer, mirrors, mustaches, peace and safety. In addition to their own images, the students have selected images from the museum’s collections to display on the underpass columns.
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Although children and young people photograph more than ever before, they need guidance in visual culture, where viewing, showing, taking pictures, interpreting, valuing and imagining play a key role. In this project, children and young people are seen as artists and active actors in relation to their own immediate environment and its well-being. With the exhibition, the children's and young people's own visual culture will have a prominent and long-lasting place in the public, urban space.
Erja Salo, Head of Education and Public programmes
Photo: Virve Laustela / The Finnish Museum of Photography
7th grade
Mirrors, mustaches and hospitals
Lana, Emilia, Maia, Beverly, Badia, Aino, Vilja, Ellen, Isla, Mimosa, Maire, Vilja, Aapo, Sanni, Pietari, Laura, Oona, Iiris, Juho, Matti
Teacher: Hanna Seiro
5th-6th grade
Summer and flowers
Nella, Tinja, Helmi, Sylvi, Lilja O., Katariina, Vera, Ella, Reetta, Mikaela, Grace, Lotta, Eden, Maija, Nino, Sofia
Teacher: Mervi Lehtonen
3rd grade
Peace and safety
Peppi, Frida, Elli, Klaudia, Mea, Reino, Lilian, Seela, Veera, Iida, Topias, Mea, Eliel, Evelina, Aliyah, Imran, Ellen, Eveliina, Ohto, Emilia, Viola, Aaro, Olivia, Oliver
Kristiina, Timofei, Julius, Aino, Eetu, Hilla, Kerttu, Menni-Mariel, Sofia, Vilma, Oona, Ahti, Kyra, Melina, Milla, Ida, Natasha, Samu, Abdullahi, Helvi, Isabell, Onni, Esra
Iiris, Hilla, Eliel, Unto, Daniel, Elina, Elmiina, Varundass, Eemil, Sini, Inga, Tianyi, Seelia, Isla, Otto, Aurora, Hasan, Alhanin, Livia, Linus, Rayan
Teacher: Mika Kunnari
Images from the museum’s collections: Wilma Hurskainen, Ulla-Maija Hänninen, P.K. Jaskari, Carl Klein, Johnny Korkman, Sami Parkkinen, Marjukka Vainio
Museum team: Ida Taavitsainen, Kastehelmi Korpijaakko, Erja Salo
Graphic design: Anna Neva
The Finnish Museum of Photography’s collections and public programs departments have organized exhibitions in the Länsilinkki column gallery since 2018.
The Ministry of Education and Culture supports exhibitions at Baana.
