
On Vacation
- Publisher
- Edition Patrick Frey
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-3-905509-75-5
- Specifications
- Hardcover
96 pages
48 illustrations
26.5 x 30.3 cm
Language: German
“Finland is a rare exception in the North,” says the artist Jussi Puikkonen of his homeland. On Vacation is a poetic journey in photographs spanning the nine months in which Finland lies in hibernation. Only during the three summer months are Finns, like tourists, perceptible outdoors; the rest of the year they prefer to hide in their houses. In popular classic resort towns like Hanko or Naantali, however, a breath of summery leisure activism remains palpable even in winter — and it is precisely this mood that Puikkonen captures.