Here, In Absence

Second edition of 500 copies of Here, In Absence by Mikael Siirila. Hand-numbered, hand-stamped. As new, small format, hardback. 

About

Mikael Siirila is a darkroom artist (b. 1978) based in Helsinki, Finland. His small individual photographs examine the themes of absence, presence and outsiderhood. His characters appear immersed in their inner worlds and moments of being: simultaneously absent and intensely present. The pictures also reveal the outsider’s gaze, lost in observation and reflection. My pictures are true observations captured with minimal interaction with the subjects. Their origin is in the act of looking, and they feel causally connected to the world.