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Utu Press on vuonna 2020 perustettu helsinkiläinen taiteilijavetoinen pienkustantamo, joka erikoistuu valokuvataiteeseen ja pienjulkaisuihin. Utu Pressin valikoima koostuu mm. taiteilijakirjoista, kokeellisesta dokumentarismista ja kuvataiteeseen liittyvistä tekstijulkaisuista.
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Utu Press is a Helsinki-based, artist-run publishing platform established in 2020, specializing in photo books and small publications. Its catalogue primarily features photographic art, experimental documentary narratives, and text publications related to photography & visual art.
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Varjokirjamessut
24.-26. lokakuuta 2026
Naapuruustalo Pasila

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Gaze Studies by Kaisa Syrjänen
2019-2026
Utu Press, 2026
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Concept: Kaisa Syrjänen
Book design: Kaisa Syrjänen, Linnea Lindgren & Toivo Heinimäki
Proofreading: Helmi Partanen, Anna Naatus, Henri Airo & Spoken
Graphic design: Linnea Lindgren
Printing: Tallinna Raamatutrükikoda
Print run: 250
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@kaisasyrjaenen
@utu.painaa
@linneaari
@toivo123456
#helmipartanen
@anna.naatus
@henri.airo
#spoken
#tallinnaraamatutrukikoda

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Good Feelings Every Day
Photos by Juliana Irene Smith
Published bu Utu Press, 2025
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Winner of the Finnish Photobook Award 2025
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@julianairenesmith
@utu.painaa

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Many thanks to all exhibitors and visitors for making the fourth edition of UTL possible 🍀➰ We had a good turn out of about 1000 visitors and a great line-up of artists and creators. We are curious about your experience and would be grateful if you could answer our visitor’s feedback form (link in bio) 🔗

The fair would not have happened without the amazing @tatu_tuominen who helped us tremendously with everything 🌪️⭐️

We want to share our gratitude to the students @jussimonen @paula.moncayo @untamossa for being the best team ever <3

Kiitos Henri, Toivo, Pauli, Samppa, Sakari, Mathilde, Toaries, Alejandra, Jack, Victor, Pauliina, Sammy, Séverine, Mihaela, Akira, Tomoe, Naoko, Jan, Lukas 🩵🧡🩶🤍💚

🖇️ Sara & Hikari 🩷

Photos Toivo Heinimäki @toivo123456

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Kuvakimara kirjaprokkiksesta!

Huhtikuussa julkaistiin @utu.painaa a kanssa ”Tutkimus kauneuden politiikasta / Gaze Studies”. Oon edelleen niin iloinen, että sain @linneaari n projektiin mukaan <3

Kirjaa voi nyt ostaa suoraan kustantajalta @utu.painaa ! Lisäksi sitä on myynnissä ainakin @hippolytegallery n kirjakaupassa, @rosebud_kirjakauppa ssa sekä @amoskonst kirjakaupassa. Ens viikonloppuna myös @utlbookfair

Voit olla myös suoraan muhun yhteydessä, niin sovitaan kirjatreffit!!

💌💌💌💌💌

1. Kirja Amos Rexin ikkunassa
2. Tämmönen se on!
3. Kirja saapui painosta!!
4. - 8. Työstöä
9. Mun reaktio, kun kirja oli tullut painosta. Olin reissussa, enkä päässyt siihen käsiksi.
10. Työryhmä <3
11. Kirja myynnissä esim. Rosebudissa!

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Træsh Forlag is a Norwegian independent publishing house, founded by Zarina Saidova and Ingrid Blix Dyrseth. Træsh focuses on contemporary comics, with an emphasis on exploring and experimenting alternative storytelling techniques and formats. @traeshforlag
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TUO TUO’s in-house label, True Aether, releases music in digital and physical formats across multiple genres – free improvisation, noise, ambient, electronic and experimental hip hop/rap. @tuotuoarts
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Tymon Teo Borzecki is a Polish, Helsinki-based, visual artist and designer working across print, drawing, ceramics, and sculpture, with a soft spot for stationery, paper, and all sorts of printed ephemera. @tymo__teo
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Utu Press is a Helsinki-based, artist-run publishing platform established in 2020, specializing in photography, experimental documentary narratives, and small publications. @utu.painaa
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Verna Kovanen is a lens-based artist interested in various printing techniques like cyanotype and risography. Her autobiographical work examines the complexity of memory and its link to nostalgia. @vernako
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Yoichi Kamimura will be presenting sonic collections: three LP albums of environmental sounds—drift ice, frozen rivers, and the global circulation of water—alongside ambient atmospheres, together with the watercolour drawing zine Pelagos. @camyyu
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Zsófi Szénásy is a visual artist and animator based in Berlin, working across comics, illustration and animation. She likes to explore themes of memory and identity through mixing symbolic, absurd and humorous imagery. @nemzsotya
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Through an innocent, slightly eccentric lens, christy chan, me today brings to life strange, joyful creatures from daily meditative sketches. @christychanmetoday
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Sleepydoggy’s practice focuses on iPhone photography, zine making, the transition between everyday experience and urban visual diary, and bruise, a celebration of clumsiness, a messy yet still finding joy in a bittersweet life. @sleepydoggy123 @1eft_over
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Based in Finland, ttbbooks focuses on publishing works from visual artists and artist-run initiatives. @the.temporary.bookshelf

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JAUNUMS ISSP VEIKALĀ:
Gaze Studies. Kaisa Syrjänen

Ienirsti vizuālās kultūras un fotogrāfijas pētniecībā ar šo unikālo izdevumu. Izpēti skatiena varu un tā nozīmi mūsdienu mākslas kontekstā.

👉 Pieejams shop.issp.lv un ISSP veikalā Berga Bazārā.
Cena: 34 EUR

NEW AT THE ISSP SHOP:
Gaze Studies. Kaisa Syrjänen

Dive into the exploration of visual culture and photography with this unique publication. Discover the power of the gaze and its significance within the context of contemporary art.

👉 Available at shop.issp.lv and the ISSP Shop at Berga Bazārs.
Price: 34 EUR

#issp #artbooks #feminism #photography #gaze #contemporary

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𝗛𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗹𝘆𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 / 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 📚Kaisa Syrjänen’s @kaisasyrjaenen Tutkimus kauneuden politiikasta / Gaze Studies is an extensive, multi-year inquiry into the politics of beauty and appearance as social phenomena.

The book gathers an avalanche of archival material from earlier exhibitions, now offering a glimpse into Syrjänen’s background research in book form. Through this wast collection of images (the book is nearly 300 pages long), Syrjänen traces the demands, history, and ongoing presence of Western ideals of female beauty.

Perhaps fittingly, this extensive book is itself elegantly designed by @linneaari . It features, among other things, a folded dust jacket that doubles as a beauty-word index.

Published by Utu Press @utu.painaa 🤝

Visit our bookshop (Yrjönkatu 8-10, Helsinki) and browse more titles online (link in bio).

#photobook #bookshop #photographicart #photography #valokuvataiteilija #kirja #valokuvataide #hippolytebookshop

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Photobook Feature: Gaze Studies by Kaisa Syrjänen, published by @utu.painaa

Consisting of an avalanche of archival material, previously assembled into exhibitions, Gaze Studies brings together years of @kaisasyrjaenen’s artistic research on the demands, history, and ongoing presence of Western ideals of female beauty.

You can discover Kaisa’s book in our photobook-dedicated section: phmuseum.com/photobooks

#phmuseum #photobook #kaisasyrjanen #utupress

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Kirjoitin alkuvuodesta jutun trash-estetiikasta, "roskakuvista" ja aiheen sidoksista nykyvalokuvataiteen kenttään. Koko teksti nyt luettavissa SUMU #6 -numerossa 🗞️

Artikkelissa mukana mm. @gueule2raie @lagosstudioarchives @julianairenesmith & @shiaconlon ✨

Numero saatavilla:

www.utupress.fi / @utu.painaa
@hippolytegallery shop
@amoskonst shop

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Helsinki 🧚 Welcome to Hippolyte Bookshop to celebrate the launch of three new photography books, featuring new titles by Kaisa Syrjänen (Utu Press), Henri Airo (Kult Books), and Sheung Yiu & Megan Williams (Spector Books + C/O Berlin)! All three approach photography from an investigative perspective, weaving together archival images and newly created material across multiple overlapping timelines and narrative layers.

𝗪𝗘𝗗 / 𝗔𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗟 𝟴 / 𝟭𝟳–𝟭𝟵
Hippolyte Bookshop
Yrjönkatu 8–10, Helsinki
❤︎ welcome ❤︎

Kaisa Syrjänen:
𝑮𝒂𝒛𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔
【ᴛᴜᴛᴋɪᴍᴜꜱ ᴋᴀᴜɴᴇᴜᴅᴇɴ ᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪɪᴋᴀꜱᴛᴀ】
Utu Press, Helsinki, 2026
288 pages / ISBN 9789527663011
@kaisasyrjaenen

Henri Airo:
𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆
【Ｔｏｄｅｎｎäｋöｉｓｉｎ　ｓｙｉｎ】
Kult Books, Stockholm, 2026
196 pages / ISBN 9789198760798
@henri.airo

Sheung Yiu & Megan Williams:
(𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓)𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔
Spector Books, Leipzig & C/O Berlin, 2026
640 pages / ISBN 9783959059756
@sheungyiuphoto @himeganwilliams

Hippolyte Bookshop offers the widest selection of photography art books in the country. Welcome to explore! ☀️

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Design for “Tutkimus kauneuden politiikasta / Gaze Studies” by Kaisa Syrjänen, published by Utu Press. Lot of scanning, lot of fun!!

Edition of 250, 288 pages, 235 x 297 mm
Printed at Tallinn Book Printers

@kaisasyrjaenen @utu.painaa

Images 1, 4 & 9 by @toivo123456

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