Act of Flying Portfolio

Since 1997, Finnish rising star Sanna Kannisto has spent several months per year living alongside biologists in the rainforests of Latin America. Adopting elements of her companions’ scientific methods, she developed her own form of visual research, extending her depictions of flora and fauna beyond the confines of the natural sciences. Breaking away from the conventions of nature photography, which typically presents specimens in isolation, devoid of context, Kannisto’s work addresses the acts of staging and image-making. With her gentle humor, she recognizes and utilizes the constraints of science and art alike, investigating the concept of truth in photography to challenge how we view and “know” the natural world. This portfolio coincided with her solo exhibition at the Aperture Gallery and the Aperture publication of Kannisto’s first major monograph, Fieldwork.

Portfolio of Three C-Prints, presented in cloth folio
Image Size: 10 x 12 inches
Paper Size: 11 x 14 inches
Edition of 25 + 2 AP
Signed and numbered by the artist

Prints included in this portfolio:
Untitled 9, from the series Act of Flying, 2006
Untitled 13, from the series Act of Flying, 2006
Untitled 23, from the series Act of Flying, 2006

Sanna Kannisto (b. 1974, Hämeenlinna, Finland) studied for her Bachelor’s of Arts at the Turku School of Art and Communication from 1994 to 1997 before completing her Master’s in Photography at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki in 2002. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland; and the Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki. Kannisto is represented by the Gallery Taik, Berlin, and Galerie la Ferronnerie in Paris, France. She is currently living and working in Helsinki, Finland.