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Jorma Puranen (born 1951) has become known for his works that arouse considerations spanning the past and the present. His subject matter has ranged from illustrations of scholarly works and ethnographic photographs to historical portraiture, with points of departure often found in archives or museums. Puranen has an undisciplined approach to archives, fragmentary rather than systematic.

Jorma Puranen reanimates arctic explorations through the use of different archive material. He has re-photographed historical photographs and other visuals related to heroic Arctic expeditions. Puranen …