perfecting the portrait: arno rafael minkkinen

Arno Rafael Minkkinen is a photographer, originally from Finland, who has been for many years capturing amazing portraits (and more abstract works with human subjects) in the wilderness of the United States. I have been captivated by the sublimity in his images and the delicate relationship he presents for us between man and his natural habitat. Minkkinen’s self portraits are some of his best, in my opinion. He demonstrates an almost supernatural talent in the practice of yoga in order to twist his body in impossible ways, alternatively melting into and bursting out of the frame. His personal website on ArtNet is currently under construction, but a Google image search will give you ample introduction to his work.