If anything, my work is about distance from the world. In order to see more clearly, we must often take a step back. Now, on the outside, we are able to perceive. The tragedy of it is that we cannot reach what we see but stay on the outside, looking in. The same tragedy is at the heart of photography, for the world remains separate and unknown, and cannot be contained within a photograph, despite its apparent truthfulness to nature. It is this strangeness, of both our existence and the world, that is at the heart of my work.
I am a Finnish photographer and a writer, based in Greenwich, London. I work solely with analogue processes, with various camera formats and often include my writing alongside my photographs.
Website: caritasilander.com
Instagram @caritasilander