I met
Saara Salmi and
Marco Melander this year at
FotoFest in Houston, TX. They were my very first meeting on the first day of the portfolio review event. I was surprised and excited to see this husband and wife duo using a 19th century photographic style to display their unique portraits. The look and feel of their
cabinet cards were mesmerizing. I was hooked!
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| Atelieri O. Haapala, The Baron #2, 2012 |
Atelieri O. Haapala is a Neo-Victorian portraiture studio and brainchild of Helsinki, Finland based photographers Saara Salmi and Marco Melander. The studio seeks to create and renew the Victorian epoch by means of photography and performance art. The protagonists of this reenactment are Mrs. Onyxei Haapala and her faithful companion Mr. Helmut Schweinstein.
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| Atelieri O. Haapala, Missy Macabre #1, 2010 |
Atelieri O. Haapala does not aspire to faithfully replicate history, but rather to create fiction nostalgically inspired by the visual realm of the 19th and the 20th century, an era characterized by optimism and strong faith in technological development.
CLICK HERE to see more of these amazing cabinet cards!
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| Atelieri O. Haapala, Boudoir #7, 2010 |
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