ark magazine cover. may 2000. the white blob in the middle is helisnki. the black inverted “v” at the top of the picture is the runway at helsinki vantaa airport.

ark magazine, photo notes:
in the helsinki region, a dispute centres on the master plan and proposals by officals to build new areas on the sea. seen from outer space, the borders made by people disappear and a large, uniforma, and for the present at least, uniformed landscape appears. the helsinki region and the archipelago formed by glaciation seen in a satellite radar image: settlement is white, the lakes are medium brown and the forests dark. the shade of the sea indicate changing wind conditions. the blue streak in the sea is a suspected oil spill. the city of helsinki is in the centre of the picture.
(photo: esa 1995, eurimage, novosat ltd.)

previousily: penmanship

a fantastic picture taken by kai kuusisto. i saw it in the july/august 2009 issue of we are helsinki.

i live on the street where the picture was taken, i remember a night where the weather was very very similar.

(also the current issue of we are helsinki (sept/oct 2009) is full of info about helsinki design week 2009)

watching “i heart huckabees” on a new film site called “the auteurs“. the quality was pretty good (full screen of above). one film on its own is 5euros, 20euros gives you unlimited movies over a month – which is a good option for those dark winter nights. (an option without subtitles would be nice though)

i sat in the park today for a few hours – reading, listening to music, laying there – watching people coming and going, walking slowly, jogging, dogs barking, babies crying.

a mother pushed a pram – then laid out a blanket under a tree and sat herself and her baby son down on it – she hugged him and kissed him and talked to him. i really wanted to take a picture of this moment and for somehow to give it to the kid when he had grown up, a picture of an unforced, unrehearsed moment between his mother and him. a little while later they look up and wave. the father arrives. i always look at how couples greet each other, i guess wondering how a relationship evolves when there is something as crazy as a kid around. the man and woman held hands, he then leaned down and kissed the baby on the head and then her on the lips. they stayed for a little bit and then all three continued with their evening.

i didn’t take any pictures in the park this evening.