Maailman paras isä / World’s best dad
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LYHYESTI SUOMEKSI: Maailman paras isä on dokumentaarinen valokuvakirja suomalaisista isistä, jotka ovat huolehtineet lapsistaan yksinhuoltajina. 26 yksinhuoltajaisää on kuvattu ja haastateltu kirjaan heidän valitsemissaan paikoissa eri puolilla Suomea.
”Muistatko sen yhden avaimenperän, jonka annoit minulle vuosia sitten? Sen, jossa lukee ’Maailman paras isä’? Silloin me olimme jo kahdestaan.”
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BRIEFLY IN ENGLISH: Maailman paras isä (World’s Best Dad) is a documentary photo book about Finnish fathers who at some point in their lives have looked after their offspring as sole custodians. 26 sole custodian fathers have been photographed and interviewed for the book in different parts of Finland at locations of their choosing.
“Do you remember the key fob you gave me years ago? You know, the one that says ‘World’s Best Dad’? By then it was just the two of us.”
ISBN 978-952-68876-5-4
Publisher: Raw View Editions
Released: 2022
Photography and texts: Antti Kirves
Graphic design: Anna Mattsson
Reprography: Sebastiaan Hanekroot
Editing: Hannamari Shakya
Language: Finnish
Printing: Wilco Art Books, The Netherlands
Publisher: Raw View Editions
Pages: 112
Dimensions: 245 x 310 mm
Released: 2022
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In 2017, I started a portrait project in which I aimed to investigate how we relate to the gaze of others. The project resulted in two solo exhibitions.
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This is an ongoing project of mine since 2008: to photograph those of us who photograph others.