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Many were snapped at hired shoots

From vibrant street reportage to seering portraiture

non-synthetic plant color

acceptance

the book focuses on portraits of individuals who have ash crosses on their foreheads

Here, In Absence Thobias faldt Many were snapped at hiredSecond edition of 500 copies of Here, In Absence by Mikael Siirila. Hand numbered, hand stamped. As new, small format, hardback. About Mikael Siirila is a darkroom artist (b. 1978) based in Helsinki, Finland. His small individual photographs examine the themes of absence, presence and outsiderhood. His characters appear immersed in their inner worlds and moments of being: simultaneously absent and intensely present. The pictures also reveal the