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GRADUATE
PHOTOGRAPHY
ONLINE 2015

Noora Pelkonen

Karelia

When 400,000 Karelians were forced to leave their homes in just a few days in late 1939, a culture was torn from the landscape in which it had grown. The fleeing people took with them only the most necessary possessions; all that could be carried by hand. After resettling in unfamiliar places throughout Finland, these items were the only heritage of their lamented homeland. I travelled to Finland to look for my heritage and to gather stories that represent the cherished memory of Karelia. My series captures a utopian landscape; Karelia as it is remembered by the evacuees.

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Current Course:

University of Brighton  MA Photography

Seán Padraic Birnie • Giola  Cassar • Linn  Kuhlmann • Charlotte Lambert-Gorwyn • Rachel Maloney • James  Murray • Noora Pelkonen • Patty Rentschler • Kirsty Thomas • Nigel Tribbeck •

Courses:

University of Brighton
MA Photography

University of Hertfordshire
MA Photography

Kingston University
MA Photography

Manchester School of Art
MA Photography

Norwich University of the Arts
MA Photography

Plymouth University
MA/MFA Photography

Royal College of Art
MA Photography

Sheffield Hallam University
MArt Photography

Ulster University
MFA Photography

University of Westminster
MA Documentary Photography and Photojournalism

University of Westminster
MA Photographic Studies

Categories:

Documentary/Photojournalism

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Landscape

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Portraiture

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Staged/Constructed

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Urban/Suburban Landscape

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