Organised by Photoconsortium’s member Museovirasto – Finnish Heritage Agency, Our Karjaa – A photographic exhibition of life in Karjaa in the 1950s and 1960s is a new photo exhibition that frames everyday life in the town of Karjaa, photographed by Bror Brandt between 1947 and 1963.
Brandt was self-taught, and at the age of 12 he began his career as a paper boy for Hufvudstadsbladet (HBL) and Svenska Pressen in Helsinki, continuing in several different roles at HBL’s printing house. In 1949 Brandt was hired as a photoengraver and photographer for Ekenäs Tryckeri Ab and the Västra Nyland newspaper. He retired from there 28 years later.
The exhibition, curated by Raija Linna from the Picture Collections of the Finnish Heritage Agency, will be up until May 30th, at the Fotocentrum RASEBORG. The photographs of the exhibition are from the Press Photo Archive JOKAs collection of the newspaper Västra Nyland.
You can learn more on the exhibition and view some of the pictures at this link.
