TITLE: And There Was Light

Kaleva Church, Tampere, Finland, was designed by Reima and Raili Pietilä and built in 1964-66. The church accommodates approximately 1,120 people. It is considered an example of modern architectural style and is one of the main sights of Tampere. The church was constructed using slip forming. It is made from 17 narrow 35m-high hollow concrete u-shapes, with full height windows between them. The interior is plain unfinished concrete.

Beautiful organs are 16 meters high, with 41 stops and 3500 pipes. Locally made in Kangasala organ factory.

I took these pictures with a plastic Holga toy camera on Ilford HP5+ film. I developed the film using an hour-long stand development. The process produces a grainy nostalgic surface on my pictures.

AUTHOR: Ari Jaaksi (Finland)

I'm an analogue photographer. I shoot mostly black and white medium format film. I love the entire process from the film selection through composition all the way to lightroom manipulation and printing. I actually believe analogue printing is an integral part of black and white film photography, and it is only then when the images finally come to life.