Heini Lehväslaiho
Basic information
b. 1962, Helsinki
Visual artist
Residence: Koskenkylän saha
Contact information
Email: heini.lehvaslaiho@gmail.com
Artist’s Statement
I handle human life in a versatile and compassionate manner with both human and animal imagery.
My point of view is of the one who sees oneness of everyone on this earth when we pass the veil of surface.
I come from twenty years of portrait photography, shooting mainly artist PR.
In our sessions I needed first to establish trust in my subject. Sometimes it was created to the level where I was granted access to a fleeting moment of seeing inside another man’s soul. Especially in my work portraying people it is from these rare exquisite and startling visions that my artwork stems.
Animals on the other hand are giving me a wider range to portray human life. In this work I'm discussing with a human viewer what we could learn and relearn from them.
I’m looking for lasting layers of contemplation and even healing properties in the acceptance of human condition.
My point of view is of the one who sees oneness of everyone on this earth when we pass the veil of surface.
I come from twenty years of portrait photography, shooting mainly artist PR.
In our sessions I needed first to establish trust in my subject. Sometimes it was created to the level where I was granted access to a fleeting moment of seeing inside another man’s soul. Especially in my work portraying people it is from these rare exquisite and startling visions that my artwork stems.
Animals on the other hand are giving me a wider range to portray human life. In this work I'm discussing with a human viewer what we could learn and relearn from them.
I’m looking for lasting layers of contemplation and even healing properties in the acceptance of human condition.
