A blog by Katriina Etholén
On First of May it was again time for a trip of an automobile club called Helsingin Seudun Automobiiliklubi HAK ry to my hometown Porvoo. Of course I decided to be there in time for admiring beautiful vehicles and snapping photos. Please note that the pictures are looking better if you click the pictures open... Continue Reading →
Katsushika Hokusai died on 10 May 1849. I had planned to write a blog post about his life and art, but I realized that (a) it's impossible to handle everything in one post, (b) I simply didn't have time. Instead I realized that this day would be perfect for my little Mount Fuji story which... Continue Reading →
I spent the school year 1983–84 studying journalism in Borgå Folkakademi. In the end of the spring term we travelled to Copenhagen. The journey started on 5 May and we were back home 10 May. I show my best shots in two parts, because the themes vary a lot. This second part is the less... Continue Reading →
I spent the school year 1983–84 studying journalism in Borgå Folkakademi. In the end of the spring term we travelled to Copenhagen. The journey started on 5 May and we were back home 10 May. I show my best shots in two parts, because the themes vary a lot. This first part is the "touristic"... Continue Reading →
Music Archive is a series, where I write about albums or singles that have been released years ago, too long time ago to be enclosed in the “Reviews” category. Music Archive is thus forming its own subcategory under “Reviews”, even though these write-ups are not reviews, maybe not always even presentations. They are just stories... Continue Reading →
The Royal Albert Bridge between Saltash in Cornwall and Plymouth in Devon was opened by Prince Albert on 2 May 1859. In the end of May 2016 I travelled to Plymouth just to photograph the bridge that I had wanted to see "live" for ages. And I wasn't disappointed. The bridge is Grade I listed.... Continue Reading →
In December 2019 I published a photo collection of my Kevin Junior pictures. In that blog post there were several shots of him taken at the concert in Hamburg in 1999. But because that story was devoted to Kevin, I had chosen shots on him, or shots, where he's the "main star". Now it's time... Continue Reading →
If you wonder, what is the most famous mutiny, you might first think about the mutiny on H.M.S. Bounty. The bloodless mutiny took place 235 years ago, on 28 April 1789. There are books about it, films about it and there are loads of stuff on internet about it, so I am not going to... Continue Reading →
A Swedish count, artist Louis Sparre founded a furniture factory in a small Finnish town called Porvoo in 1897. It lasted less than five years, but it's significance was all the more greater. An exhibition about this factory – Aktiebolaget Iris (or in English, the Iris Co. Ltd.) – is about to close in Porvoo... Continue Reading →
Tales From The Brazier's Grotto 