Current events

30.3.2010

Heather Sunderland, a British girl living in Käylä, Kuusamo, has written a blog on her visit here in the Hannu Hautala Nature Photography Centre. You can read her story here.

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7.1.2010

New exhibitions have now opened in the Nature Photography Centre! New classics by Hannu Hautala are on display, and squirrel is the subjest of the changing theme exhibition. The Rocking Chair series shows pictures from January frost to spring heat.

The visiting photographer is Jorma Luhta with an exhibition called "Starry nights".

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11.9.2009

New exhibitions are now on display at the Hannu Hautala Nature Photography Centre! Hannu Hautala has chosen a new set of classics, and the changing theme exhibition shows encounters between people and animals. The exhibition is called "Encounters in Nature". 

The Rocking chair series shows pictures from the autumn equinox to winter solstice.

The visiting photographer is David Maitland with his exhibition "Creatures & Spirits". This spectacular exhibition provides a glimpse at the unseen details and essence of some of Nature's creations.

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11.5.2009

The exhibitions in the Nature Phoography Centre have changed once again. New exhibitions of Hannu's photographs are on display, with new classics and theme exhibition. The theme exhibition presents the national bird of Finland, the Whooper Swan. Summer pictures are on display on Hannu's Rocking Chair.

The visiting Photographer is Heikki Kokkonen with his exhibition Nature Treasures from North Karelia.

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13.1.2009

A new, renewed café has now been opened in the Nature Photography Centre.

In the café, you can enjoy a cup of coffee or tea with a bun or doughnut. You can also taste Hannu's favourite tea, an infused, chinese black lychee-tea.

You can also purhase Hannu's photographs, books and other products, as well as Metsähallitus' products from the café.

Opening hours: Mon-Fri 9-17, Sat 10-14.

The exhibitions have also changed. Hannu's classics, as well as the changing theme exhibition are new, and the current theme is Siberian jay.

The exhibition in the Hall of the Siberian Jay is by Pauli Nieminen, and it is called "Tuomas Gnome is a forest gnome". For more information on the exhibition, click here.

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12.9.2008

The exhibitions have changed again in the Nature Photography Centre. New classic photos are on display, as well as a new theme exhibition called Finnish Nature from Ground Level. The Rocking Chair series takes a look at the summer passed.

In the Hall of the Siberian Jay, the visiting photographer is Mika Honkalinna.

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11.3.2008

Jari Peltomäki's exhibition "Owls from Taiga to Tundra" is continued in the Hall of the Siberian Jay until 26.4.2008

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7.12.2007

The exhibitions have changed once again, and this time the changing theme exhibition includes photographs of the Black Woodpecker. The classics have also changed, and on the Rocking Chair, Siberian Jays, Tits and other winter birds are included, as well as the magnificent shapes of the crown snow load.

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17.10.2007

The Hannu Hautala Nature Photography Centre has been awarded the official TopTalent 07 Quality Seal. The achievement is outstanding because 278 entries from 29 countries were evaluated by the jury team of the EUROPRIX Top Talent Award. Only 48 projects have been chosen to receive the quality seal (including the 21 nominees).

The Top Talent Quality Seal is proof that the project has been highly innovative and creative. The Hannu Hautala Nature Photography Centre will be presented on the Top Talent DVD-ROM of innovation in multimedia showing all projects of the most talented young multimedia producers. 5.000 copies of this DVD-ROM will be distributed all around Europe through multimedia associations, at universities and at events.

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27.8.2007

Now that the summer season has passed, the Hannu Hautala Nature Photography Centre has renewed its exhibitions. Hannu Hautala's classic photographs as well as the changing theme exhibition has changed, and the Rocking Chair series is all new. During this fall the Rocking Chair shows pictures from the summer passed.

In the Hall of the Siberian Jay, Paavo Hamunen, a photographer from Kuusamo, will show his work from Monday 3.9.2007 onwards.

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26.5.2007

The Nature Photography Centre was opened 25.5.2007.

The purpose of the nature photography centre opened in the Tourist Centre Karhuntassu is to preserve and exhibit the lifework of Finland's most famous nature photographer Hannu Hautala. Other nature photographers are also able to put their work on display at the nature photography centre. 

In Hannu's Footsteps - The Hannu Hautala Nature Photography Centre was launched by the Hannu Hautala Nature Photography Institute. With the funding of The Provincial State Office of Oulu as well as the Town of Kuusamo, a 150 square meter exhibition hall/nature photography centre was built in 2006-2007, with a gallery dedicated to Hannu Hautala's photographs and for media solutions especially designed for the nature photography centre. These media solutions also show Hannu Hautala's work throughout the years. The Hall of the Siberian Jay is reserved for the exhibitions of visiting photographers. The first visiting photographer is Arto Raappana from Oulu. He was the photographer of the year in 1984. The AV-presentations in the Hall of the Siberian Jay are by Professor Lauri Kettunen.

The Hannu Hautala Nature Photography Centre is implemented with the funding of the The Provincial State Office of Oulu as the Hannu Hautala Nature Photography Institute project (ERDF) in cooperation with the Town of Kuusamo, the University of Lapland (Faculty of Arts and Design), the Folk High School of Kuusamo, the Finnish Museum of Photography, the Arts Council of Oulu Province, the University of Oulu (Faculty of Humanities, Department of English) and the Natural Heritage Services of Metsähallitus. The Faculty of Arts and Design of the University of Lapland was responsible for designing the exhibition, that is, the design of the exhibition architecture and the media solutions.

 

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