Arja
Hyytiäinen

Arja Hyytiäinen

biography

Arja Hyytiäinen was born in 1974 in Turku, Finland. She studied literature but then turned to photography, which she studied in Sweden. She was accepted at the FAMU Fine Arts School in Prague, Department of Still Photography (2002-2005).
In 2006 she won the Kodak Grand Prix of the Critics, in 2007 the Grand Prix of the Lodz Fotofestiwal, and in 2013 the European Photo Exhibition Award. In just a few years, Arja has become well known throughout Europe, particularly in the Eastern European countries where she has lived and exhibited (Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Moldavia, Slovenia). She has since exhibited in many places in France, including the Château d’Eau in Toulouse, the Galerie VU at the Rencontres de la photographie in Arles and the Galerie Confluence in Nantes.
She has published Distance Now, published by Images en manœuvres and Cahiers, Arja Hyytiäinen, published by Filigranes.
Member of the Agence VU, she currently lives in a village in Vendée where she has started a cycle on childhood with the series Martan Laulu and Ile d’Enfance.

Series

Ile d'Enfance, 2019

Serie | The series "Ile d'Enfance" is about childhood and identity. From the point of view of the child, and from my own memories...

France, les coulisses des défilés de prêt à porter, 2006

Serie | When the fashion world is under the critics for the physical health of the models, Arja Hyytiaïnen does not hesitate to show the backstage of the runaway shows of the Parisian fashion week.

Journey, Europe a scenario, 2005

Serie | Each experience leaves a mark; a photograph perhaps remains as a proof of that, fictitious or none fictitious...

Moldavie, 2005

Serie | Arja Hyytiäinen proposes a journey at the borders of the European Union, where cultures and geostrategic interests meet.

Ile d'Enfance, 2019

Serie | The series "Ile d'Enfance" is about childhood and identity. From the point of view of the child, and from my own memories...

France, les coulisses des défilés de prêt à porter, 2006

Serie | When the fashion world is under the critics for the physical health of the models, Arja Hyytiaïnen does not hesitate to show the backstage of the runaway shows of the Parisian fashion week.

Journey, Europe a scenario, 2005

Serie | Each experience leaves a mark; a photograph perhaps remains as a proof of that, fictitious or none fictitious...

Moldavie, 2005

Serie | Arja Hyytiäinen proposes a journey at the borders of the European Union, where cultures and geostrategic interests meet.

Ile d'Enfance, 2019

Serie | The series "Ile d'Enfance" is about childhood and identity. From the point of view of the child, and from my own memories...

France, les coulisses des défilés de prêt à porter, 2006

Serie | When the fashion world is under the critics for the physical health of the models, Arja Hyytiaïnen does not hesitate to show the backstage of the runaway shows of the Parisian fashion week.

Journey, Europe a scenario, 2005

Serie | Each experience leaves a mark; a photograph perhaps remains as a proof of that, fictitious or none fictitious...

Moldavie, 2005

Serie | Arja Hyytiäinen proposes a journey at the borders of the European Union, where cultures and geostrategic interests meet.

INTERVIEWS

Interview d’Arja Hyytiäinen sur son exposition “Île d’enfance”
La Passerelle
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2020

Interview with photographer Arja Hyytiäinen about her exhibition “Île d’enfance” at the Galerie du théâtre La passerelle: from 26 September 2020 to 9 January 2021.

Meet the photographer – Arja Hyytiäinen
Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lucca
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2014

Interview with Arja Hyytiäinen for the European Photo Exhibition Award.

Books

Arja Hyytiäinen

Filigranes Éditions - 2012

Distance now

Images en manœuvres Éditions - 2007

Arja Hyytiäinen

Filigranes Éditions - 2012

Distance now

Images en manœuvres Éditions - 2007

Arja Hyytiäinen

Filigranes Éditions - 2012

Distance now

Images en manœuvres Éditions - 2007

Awards

Grand Award at the Fotofestival (Poland)

For the series “Distance Now”

2007

Kodak Award for Photographic Criticism (France)

For the subject « Europe a scenario »

2006