Bücher von Vesa Loikas

I am creating a moment for the viewer, to study the composition, and while taking a breath, create comparisons and juxtapositions, explains Loikas. It was like jazz and interaction with the dancers, where the communication was done by body language and movement rather than words and thoughts. We found a common groove, which exhibits itself with great results and timeless moments. Loikas photographed moments of dance, which became two-dimensional compositions, kind of human statues in different environments. The result where a moving dancer becomes still and dissolves into the surroundings, particularly interests him. He is also interested in how environment and architecture influence human senses and behavior. The photographs were created while Loikas received an artist residency in New York in 2013 by the Finnish Art Council and The Dance Centre of Western Finland.

I make observations about my home town daily, as I commute by bicycle over one thousand kilometers per year along the river. In this book I turn these observations into photographs that hopefully you will find interesting and inspiring.ART I MAKE book series consists of collections of my photographs which are chosen and curated around a subject matter or location of my interest. This series was born from my desire to present to a larger audience my joy of photography and also something that could inspire people in their own creative journeys.