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2021 Jaakko Saari

I made a new body of work called “Missing”. Those are photos from Finland mostly 2017.

Spring 2020

2021 in Yokosuka

In Switzerland, we’d drink Swiss beer
and life would be a joy

We would invite friends over
and ski in glittering white slopes

With precision of expensive handmade watch
we would wake up to our new life

A dream that is only a dream
in Switzerland

I took photo of my friend last weekend.

Over many years of taking photos, and thinking about photos, one feeling remains. For me it is very natural action to take a photo. I don’t feel unnatural feeling to hold a camera.

I have withdrawn to my dark and air-conditioned cave filled with the things I love. I can create any CG I want and make any music I want.

Then I look at the world outside my window.

Actually I took this last year. Despite the data getting grimmer, Japan is promoting Go to Travel campaign. It’s bizarre. Any non-essential travel should be minimized during a novel virus pandemic. This is a common sense.

I miss my hometown in Finland. I have no idea when I will be able to return. Maybe someday.