I have traveled over thousand and five hundred kilometers in the west coast of Greenland by small plane, helicopter, cargo ship, oil tanker, sailboat, small fishing boat and dogsled. Along the way I have spent time in small settlements and joined overnight hunting expeditions, attended dogsled competitions, swam among the icebergs and learned few words of the local language Greenlandic. I have made ten excursions to Greenland and spent there from a month to two during each journey.
AVANNAA-BOOK
Avannaa is a selection of Itkonen´s photographs of Greenland´s landscape in 2002–2010. German publisher Kehrer Verlag has agreed to publish the book in autumn 2014 and it will be introduced in Frankfurt Book Fair and in Paris Photo.
BOOK DETAILS
Texts by: Jean-Michel Huctin and Pirkko Siitari
Designed by: Juha Nenonen and Patrik Söderlund
Format: Hardcover
Size: 30 x 24 cm
Page Count: 112 pages
Photographs: about 60 color images
Language: English
Release Date: Fall 2014
REWARDS
Please enjoy the special rewards offered on the right, including signed copies of the book as well as original prints of the images. All prints are archival pigment ink prints signed by the artist.
Signed book:
no shipping 37€
shipping in Finland 48€
shipping in Europe 64€
shipping outside Europe 74€
Limited Edition Photographs:
- White Dog, A4, image size 18 x 24 cm
- Iceberg II, A4, image size 18 x 24 cm
- Sermermiut II, A3, image size 13 x 37 cm
PAYMENT
The payment can be executed in three ways:
1. Through credit card (Visa/Mastercard)
2. Through Finnish net bank
3. Asking the artist to write an invoice from the campaign Holvi account.
FUNDING
Because of today’s publishing climate, photographers are actively self-funding their projects that might otherwise never see the light of day. The total budget for this book exceeds 20 000 €. The goal for crowd funding is 6000€. The remaining portion is funded by the grants and artist.
COMING EXHIBITIONS
-Aperture Summer Open, Aperture Gallery, New York, 2014
-Vanishing Ice, www.vanishing-ice.org
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas, USA, 2014
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, 2014
McMichael Canadian Ar Collection, Ontario, 2015
-Imaging the Arctic, www.imagingthearctic.org/
Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2014–15
-Neiges de Culture, Serre Chevalier, France, 2014–15
-Northern Intiative, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 2016
SPREAD THE WORD
Please help to spread the word about this project by sharing this link with your contacts.
http://mesenaatti-cms-2026.karolina.io/avannaa
Thank you for your support!
Tiina Itkonen www.tiinaitkonen.com
