Arno rafael minkkinen

Arno Rafael Minkkinen

Arno Rafael Minkkinen es un fotógrafo finlandés nacido en 1945. Durante más de veinte años ha viajado por el mundo y se ha sacado fotos integrando su cuerpo en el paisaje,mimetizándose con él; en cierta manera completando y dando sentido a lo que veía. Allí donde ha estado, Minkkinen ha sabido VER, ha encontrado el modo de echarle un pulso a la naturaleza y ganar. Le hadevuelto al mundo más belleza de la que éste le había entregado.

1945
Born, Helsinki, Finland

1951
Emigrates with family to the United States. Lives in Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, NewYork. Learns to read at age 10. Moves to Sunset Park, then Bay Ridge. Attends Fort Hamilton, High School. Weakest player on the chess team. Works at Boy Scout Camp teaching swimming, canoeing, andlifesaving.

1963
Enters Wagner College, Staten Island, New York as Philosophy & Religion major. Switches to English Literature in Sophomore year. Edits Wagner Literary Magazine in Junior year.Overcomes cleft-palate complex by dating one beautiful girl after another for a whole semester.

1970
Joins E.T. Howard Advertising Agency in New York as a copywriter on Peugeot, J & B Scotch, andMinolta Cameras. Writes: "What happens inside your mind can happen inside a camera." Advertising career initially spans five years, from 1967 to 1972. Takes photo course with Ken Heyman.

1971
Appliesto Rhode Island School of Design. Application is rejected. Enrolls for summer photography workshop at Apeiron in Millerton, New York under Diane Arbus. Workshop is cancelled, never meets Arbus.Studies with John Benson instead. Makes first self-portrait on September 2, 1971.

1972
First solo exhibition at Soho Photo Gallery. Reapplies successfully to Rhode Island School of Design. HarryCallahan asks: "Why would you want to come here?" Replies: "To continue what I started at Apeiron." Also teaching with Callahan is Aaron Siskind. Moves to Narragansett, Rhode Island. Photographs in...