dystopia | Petri Damstén

NSFF Gold for Dystopia photo video from Nordiskt Fotomästerskap Bildspel 2023. The photo series “Dystopia” was completed some time ago, but I decided to turn it into a video presentation when a photo competition was announced by the Nordic Society of Photography. These photos from the series are still dear to me and, considering the...

Gold for Dystopia

PSA Image of the Year 2017 / Color section

PSA Image of the Year 2017

“Kerroksia” photo exhibition is now open in art centre Väinölä, Varkaus, Finland. It’s open until 28.9 Mon-Fri 10-17.

“Kerroksia” Photo Exhibition Now Open

My photography exhibition ”Kerroksia” (“Layers”) in Art centre Väinölä, Varkaus, Finland 3.9.-28.9.2018. For the silhouette image I used softbox behind me. Works great. I traced the image in Inkscape by hand and imported it in photoshop. I wanted a retro look and choose an appropriate font for that. Heavy grain and color grading finished the...

Photo Exhibition “Kerroksia”

One Eyeland Awards 2017 – Bronze for Dystopia.

One Eyeland Awards 2017

ND Awards 2017 – Bronze Star Award for Dystopia and Honorable Mention for Mr. White

PSA Image of the Year 2016 / Color section

PSA Image of the Year 2016

Dystopia photo essay in Torture magazine.

Dystopia in Torture Magazine

Nominee for Mmm, Chocolate and HM for Blind Justice in Fine Art from 10th International Color Awards, 2017.

10th International Color Awards

PSA Journal January 2017 – Image of the Year Competitions.

PSA Journal – Image of the Year

PSA Image of the Year 2015 / Color section

PSA Image of the Year

Honorable mention for Dystopia (in Fine Art/Other) from int’l photography awards 2016.

ipa – int’l photography awards 2016

Interview in Stitch

Dystopia in Stitch

PX3 Gold for Dystopia (in Fine Art) from PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2016.

PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2016

Honorable mention for Mmm, chocolate (in Self-Portrait) and for Dystopia (in Fine Art) from Moscow International Foto Awards 2016.

mifa – Moscow International Foto Awards 2016

Dystopia published in The Artbo

Dystopia in The Artbo

After retirement I have expressed a lot of my feelings in my photographs. It has been very therapeutic. When making this series I went through my mental journey in the past years by picturing it as a dystopian society. Little human facing a faceless society was an easy role to play. I have taken a...

Dystopia – Fotofinlandia Finalist

More for the series, this time with tyranny theme. I made couple of things for this image. I needed baton and fake plastic ones with postage were more expensive than cheap garden hoe. I just added some paracord to make a handle. I also think this wooden one worked much better in the picture which...

Comply – or else Innocence is no excuse for your self-defence You must obey See things in the light they say If you are not with them You must be against them That is the way their thinking goes They see themselves as royalty Doubting them is a travesty Anywhere they look there are foes...

Dystopian Democratic Republic

Well that didn’t take long. I couldn’t help myself and I had to dig up Mr Black from the grave. I was watching tv series which had a police interrogation scene it in. I thought that I missed that from the dystopian series. Next day I was walking for an hour and all the pieces...