Ismo Hölttö

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Ismo Hölttö (b.1940) is a Finnish documentary photographer known for his monochrome portraits of Roma people and others living in the cities and countryside of Finland in the 1960s, a time of rapid societal change.

Ismo Hölttö is considered^{[attribution needed]} the greatest Finnish photographer of all time.^{[citation needed]} The combination of his natural talent, social skills and the special time in history when he photographed his portraits resulted in photography that is also exceptional from an international point of view.

Ismo Hölttö shot the main body of his artistic work during ten years between 1962 and 1971 while working as a goldsmith. When he started documenting the Finnish people of this period in history, he was only 22 years old. When he ended his run of taking portraits he had turned 31.

His works have been exhibited in France, Denmark, and Lithuania, as well as in Finland.

[edit] Books of Hölttö's works

• Ismo Hölttö. People in the Lead Role: Photographs of Finns. 1991. ISBN 952-90-2015-5
• Ismo Hölttö. Ihminen pääosassa. Kuvia suomalaisista. Omakustanteinen valokuvakirja. ISBN 951-99835-5-4

[edit] External links

• (Finnish) Article about Ihminen pääosassa for an exhibition in Helsinki
• "Ismo Hölttö - Ihminen Pääosassa", article about an exhibition held in Tampere in early 2006.
• (Danish) Exhibition notice