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A photographer is a painter in a rush, they say, but an evening with Jari Jetsonen confirms that he is a photographer pretty much akin to a painter, and, he is in no rush.
As this Finnish photographer of architecture shared his picture slides at Open Hand Art Studios, Le Corbusier Centre -19 on Monday evening and his journey as a lens man, one saw buildings in their different moods take on different hues as the seasons change.
Light sure is one key element in this Nordic artist’s life and from morning to noon to evening to night how a place changes its shades duly reflected in different frames often juxtaposed next to each other in order to draw the difference. On his third visit to country, Jari (pronounced Yari) shares, “From a country where in the northern parts there are times when the sun doesn’t set for as long as 72 hours and doesn’t rise for an equal number of hours, light sure is an element not to be missed.”
Play of light and straight lines; angles close and far; the same spot is clicked form different sides; mist adding the mystic charm to a rather plane building set in wilderness - his audio-visual presentation put the experts from city, both in architecture and photography, including SD Sharma, Rajnish Wattas, Tej Johar discussing each frame with enthusiasm.
Jari is rooted in tradition. Many of his works are the coloured versions of black and white stills from famous Finnish photographers’ clicks put side by side to showcase the contrast. He shares how in Finnish architectural photographs there are no people. So a chair and a set of books are used as a scale of reference for the size of the spaces explored through the camera.
Much a fan of Finnish architect Alvar Aalto as that of Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier, Jari in fact landed last year in Chandigarh to photograph The Capitol Complex duly aided by our own Raju guide. That’s a sobriquet for Prof Rajnish Wattas, for he is the point of contact for anyone aiming at exploring this marvel of modern architecture.
Some pictures, some thoughts, Jari mentions at this presentation, put together by Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi and Embassy of Finland, how his very first camera was sponsored by Coca-Cola as this spirited seven-year-old collected bottle caps to win the coveted prize. Now, however, with technology changing at a fast pace, it’s a new camera ever alternate year or so.
Paneer on his plate
About a week in India for this trip, Jari is a confirmed paneer fanatic at the moment. “Cook it any which way, it’s sumptuous,” says this fan of desi food who frequents Indian joints in his country.
“I hope to learn to make paneer,” he laughs. And, yes apart from starting with an exhibition at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, he has been doing all things touristy. In fact, it’s after 35 years, he witnessed the Taj Mahal in all its glory, the first time around being on the honeymoon with his wife Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen. “While it still remains the magnificent monument celebrating love, it was too ‘peopled’,” the duo chorus.
Fatehpur Sikri next, it’s Varanasi and the aarti at the ghats that has Jari mesmerized this time around. “It’s ethereal,” puts this man wishing to go back and enjoy the spectacle once again, but before he could think of that there is a photo exhibition by him—Reflections: Le Corbusier & Alvar Aalto.
On at Government Museum and Art Gallery till April 7
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