Niko Luoma ( 1970 in Helsinki) produces some of the most unusual work in contemporary Finnish photography. His fascinating, abstract compositions are not digitally processed, but purely analog, created through multiple exposures. Luoma s theme and material is light, and as far as form is concerned, he is interested in process, repetition, and the serial. Inspired by mathematics and geometry, Luoma uses traces of light to create overwhelmingly charismatic images.
The artist has worked on most of his astonishingly diverse series for years: in Symmetrium, for example, thousands of individual exposures form a single negative, while in Kairos, drawings of motifs that embody Aristotle s opportune moment are the basis for structures in which Luoma attempts to translate the ephemeral into the eternal.

Grenzbereiche des fotografischen Prozesses: Niko Luoma zeigt, was Licht alles kann
Ein interessanter Exponent der "Helsinki School"

Niko Luoma (*1970 in Helsinki) produces some of the most unusual work in contemporary Finnish photography. His fascinating, abstract compositions are not digitally processed, but purely analog, created through multiple exposures. Luoma's theme and material is light, and as far as form is concerned, he is interested in process, repetition, and the serial. Inspired by mathematics and geometry, Luoma uses traces of light to create overwhelmingly charismatic images.The artist has worked on most of his astonishingly diverse series for years: in Symmetrium, for example, thousands of individual exposures form a single negative, while in Kairos, drawings of motifs that embody Aristotle's "opportune moment" are the basis for structures in which Luoma attempts to translate the ephemeral into the eternal.

Das Werk von Niko Luoma (geb.1970 in Helsinki) stellt eine der ungewöhnlichsten Positionen innerhalb der zeitgenössischen finnischen Fotografie dar. Seine faszinierenden abstrakten Kompositionen bearbeitet er nicht etwa digital sie entstehen rein analog, allein durch Mehrfachbelichtung. Luomas Thema und Material ist das Licht, formal interessiert ihn das Prozesshafte, die Wiederholung, das Fortgesetzte. Inspiriert von Mathematik und Geometrie kreiert Luoma aus den Spuren des Lichts Bilder von gewaltiger Strahlkraft.
An den meisten seiner erstaunlich unterschiedlichen Serien arbeitet der Künstler bereits seit Jahren: In Symmetrium etwa bilden Tausende von Einzelbelichtungen ein einziges Negativ, in Kairos bilden Zeichnungen von Motiven, die für ihn jenen aristotelisch "richtigen Augenblick" verkörpern, die Basis für Strukturen, in denen Luomas das Ephemere in die Ewigkeit zu überführen sucht.