You must be familiar with characters such as Herra Hakkarainen or Lowly Worm who are somewhat irrelevant to the plot, but who keep on appearing in certain author’s productions. And the kids love spotting him.

If my photography was to have such a character it’d be this guy, Kalle.

Periodically Kalle takes me out to some strange location, was it a maintenance deck under a bridge or an abandoned train cart, and we proceed to show some irresponsible behavior. We’ve been doing this since we we’re little kids and amazingly little has changed over the years (this sounds bad but trust me, it’s worse). Taking photos came in later but I feel that in a way it’s an excuse for us to regress on kids’ state once more. And once more after that.

Furthermore I feel that I’m in the roots of my photography while we’re doing our stunts. This particular photoshoot revived me from the photographic hangover I was suffering after the summer and once again I’m excited to grab my camera.

Kalle is a particularly good model: not only is he one photogenic bastard, but also his Thanatos-levels are off the roof. Or what else can you call the child-like joy a grown-up man gets from destroying stuff? I don’t know either..

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